English translation of Sahitya Akademi winner Rohzin to release next month
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The English translation of Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Urdu novel Rohzin will hit the stands on May 16 announced publishing house Penguin Random House India PRHI on Monday The book translated into English by Sabika Abbas Naqvi has been previously translated into German and Hindi It is written by contemporary Indian novelist Rahman AbbasThe novels protagonist Asrar comes to Mumbai and through his eyes the author describes the hitherto-unknown aspects of Mumbai — unseen colours and secrets of the citys underbelly It is also the story of two lovers Asrar and Hina which begins abruptly and ends tragicallyRohzin was published on February 14 2016 at Jashn-e-Rekhta And since that day it has been widely discussed Every reader has his own interpretation of the book The translation of Rohzin into English has taken almost two years and Sabika Abbas Naqvi has done her best Abbas who won Indias highest literary honour Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 for Rohzin told PTI The life and experiences of a reader illuminate the hidden secrets in the text and the narrative of Rohzin has many such aspects for a reader to illuminate I expect that the novel will get a good response from English readers as it has already got from Urdu and German readers he addedThe novels German translation was discussed in Switzerland as part of The Days of Indian Literature festival in February 2018 and in May-June 2018 It has also received the prestigious Litprom grant managed by the Switzerland and German governmentsAccording to the publishers the arc of the novel studies various aspects of human emotions especially love longing and sexuality as sublime expressionsRohzin dwells on the plane of an imagination that takes readers on a unique journey across the city of Mumbai a highly intriguing character in its own right it said in a statementAbbass previously authored books include Nakhlistan Ki Talash The Search of an Oasis Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani A Forbidden Love Story Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God 2011 and Zindeeq Heretic PTI MG MG RDS RDS
New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The English translation of Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Urdu novel Rohzin will hit the stands on May 16 announced publishing house Penguin Random House India PRHI on Monday The book translated into English by Sabika Abbas Naqvi has been previously translated into German and Hindi It is written by contemporary Indian novelist Rahman AbbasThe novels protagonist Asrar comes to Mumbai and through his eyes the author describes the hitherto-unknown aspects of Mumbai — unseen colours and secrets of the citys underbelly It is also the story of two lovers Asrar and Hina which begins abruptly and ends tragicallyRohzin was published on February 14 2016 at Jashn-e-Rekhta And since that day it has been widely discussed Every reader has his own interpretation of the book The translation of Rohzin into English has taken almost two years and Sabika Abbas Naqvi has done her best Abbas who won Indias highest literary honour Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 for Rohzin told PTI The life and experiences of a reader illuminate the hidden secrets in the text and the narrative of Rohzin has many such aspects for a reader to illuminate I expect that the novel will get a good response from English readers as it has already got from Urdu and German readers he addedThe novels German translation was discussed in Switzerland as part of The Days of Indian Literature festival in February 2018 and in May-June 2018 It has also received the prestigious Litprom grant managed by the Switzerland and German governmentsAccording to the publishers the arc of the novel studies various aspects of human emotions especially love longing and sexuality as sublime expressionsRohzin dwells on the plane of an imagination that takes readers on a unique journey across the city of Mumbai a highly intriguing character in its own right it said in a statementAbbass previously authored books include Nakhlistan Ki Talash The Search of an Oasis Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani A Forbidden Love Story Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God 2011 and Zindeeq Heretic PTI MG MG RDS RDS
