This book marks a selection of Khalida Hussain’s work covering the entire span of her creative output. Her earlier collections have not been reprinted and are currently hard to find. This book will make the full range of her work accessible to readers. AUTHOR DESCRIPTION Dr Asif Farrukhi is a professor, short story-writer, and critic. He has compiled many anthologies of Pakistani writers. He regularly contributes to a leading daily, Dawn Karachi and different literary periodicals. He is currently editing and publishing a literary miscellany in Urdu Duniyazaad. He received the Prime Minister’s award for literature in 1995 and the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 2005.