Portrait of a Lady: Collected Stories

‘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