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Title: Umrao Jan Ada by Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa, Khushwant Singh, M. A. Husaini ISBN: 8-1250159-3-0 Publisher: Disha Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Brought Colonial Times To Life
Comment: This book brings the times of that era gone by, to vivid life...
The scenarios, the lifestyle, the little things like a poetry recital in moonlight is so revealing...so realistic...it opens up that time period to modern eyes, which can't fail to appreciate it. What i particularly liked other than the story itself, was the intro to ruswa...it gives insights into his motivations/inspirations...and you can then fully understand the story and how far to actually take it as fact...The translated poetry is pleasure itself...and it's a very touching book, especially the start...It pulled at me in a mysterious way, evoking strong feelings of something akin to bittersweetness..some dusty memories...my grandmother brought up (almost) in that time period told me stories of how it used to be and this is a leap back to those stories/memories...It's a great book...which will pull you in.

Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: This book is wonderful! The Pakistani movie Umrao Jan Ada (starring Rani) is also wonderful although slightly different. A new telenovel had been produced by a private pakistani channel which pretty much follows the book. If you want to but a new copy of the book try www.786books.com (for either the English or Urdu edition).

Rating: 5
Summary: Urdu literature at its peak...
Comment: A courtesans life told as no other than Ruswa could tell it. He uses the very flower of the urdu language to his advantage. It is the passion, pleasue and glory of mughal India and her incomparable courtesans.