# The Portrait of a Lady

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- Authors: [KHUSHWANT SINGH](https://www.bookquiver.com/khushwant-singh)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2009-02-01

## Description

‘A Khushwant Singh short story is not flamboyant but modest, restrained, well-crafted…Perhaps his greatest gift as a writer is a wonderful particularity of description’—London Magazine Khushwant Singh first established his reputation as a writer through the short story. His stories—wry, poignant, erotic and, above all, human—bear testimony to Khushwant Singh’s remarkable range and his ability to create an unforgettable PBI – World. Spanning over half a century, this volume contains all the short stories Khushwant Singh has ever written, including the delightfully tongue-in-cheek ‘The Maharani of Chootiapuram’, written in 2008. ‘Khushwant’s stories enthrall…[He has]an ability akin to that of Somerset Maugham…the ability to entertain intelligently’—PBI – India Today ‘His stories are better than [those of] any PBI – Indian writing in English—Times of PBI – India ‘The Collected Short Stories leaves the reader in a delightful, inebriated trance’—Sunday Chronicle ‘He is not an ordinary short story writer…[Collected Stories] is delightful reading’—Hindustan Times

## Editions

### The Portrait of a Lady

- Publisher: india_penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4306-587-6
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2009-02-01
- Language: en_IN