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MOTHER OF 1084
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| By: |
Mahasweta Devi, Samik Bandyopadhyay |
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Paperback |
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£11.50 |
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£10.35 |
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£1.15 |
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| ISBN 10: |
8170461391 |
| ISBN 13: |
9788170461395 |
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| Publisher: |
SEAGULL BOOKS PVT.LTD |
| Pages: |
130 |
| Description: |
A novel that 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. |
| Synopsis: |
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 as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood, but as a harsh ndictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance. At a time when violence towards women in India has escalated exponentially, Devi exposes the inherently vicious systems in Indian society. Old Women tells the touching, poignant tales of two timeworn women - Dulali, a widow since childhood, who is now an old woman preoccupied only with day-to-day survival, and Andi, who loses her eyesight due to a combination of poverty, societal indifference, and government apathy.All three volumes, written in Devi's hard-hitting yet sensitive prose, are significant milestones in India's feminist literary landscape. |
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India |
| Imprint: |
Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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