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Old Women
Mahasweta Devi
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Description for Old Women
Paperback. Focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Editor(s): Devi, Mahasweta; Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures. Mother of 1084 is one of her most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation - a militant communist uprising that was brutally repressed by the Indian government and led to the widespread murder of young rebels across Bengal. This novel focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction about the breast ... Read more
Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures. Mother of 1084 is one of her most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation - a militant communist uprising that was brutally repressed by the Indian government and led to the widespread murder of young rebels across Bengal. This novel focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction about the breast ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd India
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Kolkata, India
ISBN
9788170461449
SKU
V9788170461449
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99-1
About Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi is the author of numerous plays, essays, novels, and short stories, including Bait and Queen of Jhansi, also published by Seagull Books. Samik Sandyopadhyay is a critic, scholar, and translator. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is university professor at Columbia University and the author of many books, including Nationalism and the Imagination and Harlem, also published by Seagull Books.
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