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Breast Stories (Paperback): Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakrav Spivak

Breast Stories (Paperback)

Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakrav Spivak

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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 indictment 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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Imprint: Seagull Books Pvt.Ltd
Country of origin: India
Release date: November 2002
Authors: Mahasweta Devi • Gayatri Chakrav Spivak
Dimensions: 213 x 128 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 978-81-7046-140-1
Categories: Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN: 81-7046-140-5
Barcode: 9788170461401

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