Abdullah Mena (31 results)

Hardcover. vg/vg, mylar covered dj, ex-lib. Australia; 14353.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Imprint Classics ed.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

PF. Condition: New.

[viii]+114pp. 8vo. Original cloth with slightly browned dustwrapper, a very good copy. First softcover edition.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Stories of an Indian family living in rural Australia. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust jacket. (#116268).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. pp.(viii)+114. 21.5cm. Hard cover in dust jacket. Slight edge wear to the jacket. A good clean copy. (Stories of India and Australia).

[viii]+114pp. 8vo. Original cloth with slightly browned dustwrapper, a very good copy. First edition.

Hardback. Mena Abdullah And Ray Mathew, Angus and Robertson. Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA celebrated work of Australian short fiction, The Time of the Peacock chronicles the lives of an Indian Muslim family navigating the complexities of identity, belonging, and cultural displacement in rural New South Wales. Through a series of interconnected stories narrated largely through the eyes of a young girl named Nimmi, the collection illuminates the joys and quiet sorrows of living between two worlds - the rich traditions of South Asian heritage and the vast, unfamiliar landscape of mid-twentieth-century Australia. The prose carries a lyrical, tender warmth that transforms everyday moments - a festival, a friendship, a family gathering - into profound meditations on difference and acceptance. Groundbreaking at the time of its 1965 publication, the work remains a landmark in multicultural Australian literature, presenting voices and experiences that had been largely absent from the national literary conversation. Hardback.…

Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. Dustjacket. 114pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Bookplate affixed to ffe. Very good copy. 1st US ed. Inscribed by Ray Mathew. A selection of twelve short stories that recount the experiences of a Punjabi Indian family living in Australia. Dark-faced, foreign, their children must emerge from the shelter of the family garden.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. They are unique in their depiction of the life of an Indian family in rural Australia, but they would be distinguished in any case by their quality their crystalline images and lyrical feeling, their sensitive perception of light and shade, of human suffering, exile and joy. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Some minor rubbing; crease to front flap.; Signed and Inscribed By Author; Signed by Author. Signed.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Imprint Classics ed.

First Edition. Pp. [viii]+114; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung, the edges lightly rubbed and with a couple of tiny bruises; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, minor production (trimming) fault to top edge of a couple of leaves, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First edition. *Short stories originally published in the Bulletin, Quadrant, and Hemisphere.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 106.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 106.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 106.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. They are unique in their depiction of the life of an Indian family in rural Australia, but they would be distinguished in any case by their quality their crystalline images and lyrical feeling, their sensitive perception of light and shade, of human suffering, exile and joy. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. They are unique in their depiction of the life of an Indian family in rural Australia, but they would be distinguished in any case by their quality their crystalline images and lyrical feeling, their sensitive perception of light and shade, of human suffering, exile and joy. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kasmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. They are unique in their depiction of life of an Indian family in rural Australia, but they would be distinguished in any case by their quality - their crystalline images and lyrical feeling, their sensitive perception of light and shade, of human suffering, exile and joy.Mena Abdullah and Ray Mathew have created a beautiful new world in Australia: the gay, touching and agonising life of an immigrant Indian family as seen by their younger daughter. - The AustralianNever has the other fellow's point of view been put forward with more gentle suavity than in this tale of Indian children growing up in rural Australia . The style throughout has a simplicity and purity of language that is a delight to read. - The West Australian.a jewel of a book. - Nancy Keesing.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Punjabi migration provides the material for the first Indo-Australian literary work, first published in 1965. Set in northern New South Wales this is something of a rural idyll, recording a cross-communal marriage and settling in to life on a sheep farm with a cast of typical bush characters. The impact lies in depictions of nostalgia for India and the organic link to traditional practices. Introduced by Tom Shapcott. These stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kashmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThese stories re-create a strange and fascinating world, where a child may look through squares of lattice enclosing a garden of Indian jasmine and Kasmiri roses to the sheepyards and paddocks of the Australian countryside. They a.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Time of the Peacock | Mena Abdullah (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | ETT Imprint | EAN 9781923205925 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.