Mother of 1084 (SB -The Selected Works of Mahasweta Devi) - Softcover

Devi, Mahasweta; Bandyopadhyay, Samik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8170461391 ISBN 13: 9788170461395

Verlag: Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd, 2001

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Book by Mahasweta Devi

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

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 Bandyopadhyay 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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• Verlag: Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 8170461391
• ISBN 13: 9788170461395
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144