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The creation of the two nation-states of Pakistan and India in 1947 was accompanied by the partition of the Punjab in the west and Bengal in the east. While there is much literature available about the effects of partition in the West, there is little about the impact of the partition on East Pakistan/Bangladesh. The Escape and Other Stories of 1947 brings together a range of stories that focus on the consequences of the partition on the people of East Pakistan/Bangladesh. Written at various intervals over the past fifty years, the stories are not just literary texts but also significant social documents, giving valuable insight into personal lives in the aftermath of partition and independence.
Niaz Zaman
Niaz Zaman has edited several anthologies, including Selected Stories from Bangladesh, 1971 and After, The Escape and Other Stories. Her study of the Partition, A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, won the Atwar Hussain Award of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and the National Archives Award. She was consulting editor, Arts and Humanities for Banglapedia and editor of the Bangladesh Journal of American Studies.
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