Distant Traveller

The accidental discovery of chapters from an unfinished novel andof unpublished stories made the publication of this anthology ofAttia Hosain s new and selected fiction an inevitability. Attia s two worlds the Lucknow she grew up in and the Londonshe later lived and worked in intersect and mesh in the stories andnovel excerpts presented here reflecting her deep and abidingconcern with those caught in the cleft stick of history and howthey come to terms with it. The distinctive quality of her prose subtle elegant withan uncanny ear for dialogue and sharp yet sympathetic observationis displayed to stunning effect as she delineates the tension andpathos of lives and societies in transition.