the black sheep by italo calvino summary

The former story is about a woman who develops illicit relationship with her husband’s friend Wallah Saheb when her husband is away for seeking better horizons. These stories are about the people who leave their homes to carve a better future for themselves. Shafqat Tanvir Mirza in his column ‘Land Root’ on Decemin a local daily mentions two other stories from this collection namely ‘Apna Apna Dozakh’ and ‘Mass, Mitti Tei Maya’, both written in rural backdrops. This story is a part of many anthologies. It has also been translated in Urdu and Sindhi. Punjabi in Punjabi University, Patiala, India. The story has been written in such a manner that one does not realize whether the hero is Joseph or his wife! This story has been included in the Master’s syllabus of M.

He is declared neither Joseph, nor Yousaf but a Pagal (mad) person. Upon her refusal he turned into a mad person, such is the intensity of shock he gets as she refuses to leave her religion. He sent her message to see him outside the Haveli. Disappointed the wife starts living with her parents. In this complex situation, the couple is in a dilemma. On her return the Christian Community the Christian Cleric decides that the younger children shall remain with their mother and the elder two with their father. He is however not welcome in ‘Thathi Eisiaan’ where he is forced to spend time in Zamindar’s Haveli where he had worked. Yousuf is welcomed in the new locality and is no longer untouchable. His wife and four children at that time were on a visit to their maternal parents’ place. He was a menial worker and now he decided to convert into Muslim as Yousuf. It revolves around a Christian man namely Joseph whose predecessors were Muslims a century ago and he converted into Christianity under the influence of the British Rule. Zafar Iqbal quotes a story ‘Ik Khaali Khooli Banda’ which according to him, can be considered among the big stories written so far in the world. Even at this age Zafar Iqbal stated that he had not been able to give such a status to the language in his creations.

In the literary magazine Trinjan, September 2007 issue, Zafar Iqbal wrote that this Suchet Ghar Publication has twelve big and small stories that have used soft language without which no creative piece deserves to be called as such. Many reviews appeared in the literary sessions and literary journals. This collection when published was hailed widely in literary circles. Short Stories Collection Watandara (exchangeable): First, his selection of the themes and treatment of his stories by selecting a few and secondly his efforts to promote Punjabi language in Punjab’s educational and official systems. I shall highlight two aspects of this writer. Despite all this, he retained a childlike sense of the world and a groping desire to understand the blows of fate that led him to the bloody path. It is a story of Pascual Duarte, a Spanish peasant born into the cruel world of poverty, hatred and depravity, as told from his prison cell awaiting sentence for the murders he had committed. The writer was Nobel Prize Laureate in 1989 for writing this novel. He is presently working on translation of a novel ‘Khanwada Pascal Dwarta’ (The family of Pascual Duarte) by Camilo Jose Cela’. Khalid’s under-publications books are ‘Prohat Jahe Nei Machian Paalian’ (Hindi to Punjabi) being published by Punjabi Adabi Board. It was published in 2017 by Sangri Publishers, Lahore The foremost is novelette ‘Mohan Das’ by Oode Parkash from Hindi to Punjabi in Shahmukhi script.

Khalid Farhad also has substantial work done in the domain of translations. Khalid selected Pakistani short stories and got them published as ‘Chonvian Pakistani Kahanian’ from Sangam Publishers, Patiala in 2015. It was published by Qafas Publishers, Faisalabad. He translated Dharam Veer Bharti’s Hindi novel to Punjabi titled ‘Suraj Da Satwaan Ghora’ in 2017. It was published in 2017 by Sangri Publishers, Lahore. Khalid Farhad also has substantial work done in the domain of Translations.

The black sheep by italo calvino summary