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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hosain, Attia (1913-1998). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Sunlight on a broken column [Texte imprimé] / Attia Hosain ; introducted by Kamila Shamsie
Publication : London : Virago Press, 2021
Description matérielle : xv, 366 pages ; 20 cm
Collection : Virago modern classics
Lien à la collection : Virago modern classics
Note(s) : "Sunlight on a Broken Column, first published in 1961, is a monumental, autobiographical novel, set against the background of Indian Partition. Laila, orphaned daughter of a distinguished Muslim family, is brought up in her grandfather's traditional household by her aunts, who keep purdah. At fifteen she moves to the home of a 'liberal' but autocratic uncle in Lucknow. Here, during the 1930s, as the struggle for Indian independence sharpens, Laila is surrounded by relatives and university friends caught up in politics. Laila is unable to commit herself to any cause: her own fight for independence is a struggle against the claustrophobia of traditional life, from which she can only break away when she falls in love with a man whom her family has not chosen for her. With its stunning evocation of India, its political insight and unsentimental understanding of the human heart, Sunlight on a Broken Column is a classic of Muslim life."--Provided by publisher
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Shamsie, Kamila (1973-....). Préfacier
Indice(s) Dewey : 823.914 (23e éd.) = Roman de langue anglaise - 1945-1999 [oeuvre]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0349014477. - ISBN 9780349014470 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47274489w
Notice n° : FRBNF47274489 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)