'There is so much to love and admire in these stories - their
understanding of heartbreak, their attention to affection and love
across many divides' KAMILA SHAMSIE 'Listen to me, child. You will
be a woman soon and must behave well and with modesty. The Kazi
will ask you three times whether you will marry Kalloo Mian. Now
don't you be shameless, like these modern girls, and shout
gleefully "Yes". Be modest and cry softly and say "Hoon".' A
marriage is arranged between a little servant girl and a
middle-aged cook with an opium habit; an idealistic political
worker faces disillusionment; a man returns from years studying in
England to a wife he scarcely knows; a conventional bride has her
first encounter with her husband's 'emancipated' friends. Telling
of the lives of servants and children, of conflict between the old
traditions and new ways, and exploring the human repercussions of
the Muslim/Hindu divide, these twelve stories present a moving and
vivid picture of life in India in the mid-twentieth century. To
each episode Attia Hosain brings a superb imaginative understanding
and a sense of the poignancy of the smallest of human dramas. Attia
Hosain published only two books, but her writing has influenced
generations of writers. Discover Sunlight on a Broken Column,
Hosain's acclaimed only novel - a coming-of-age story set against
the turbulent background of Partition, also published in Virago
Modern Classics.
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