Lajja: Now With a New Author's Note - Couverture rigide

Nasrin, Taslima

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0143477463 ISBN 13 : 9780143477464

Editeur : Penguin Random House India, 2025

Synopsis

A special collectible edition from one of the most eminent voices of our generation A savage indictment of religious extremism and man's inhumanity to man, Lajja was banned in Bangladesh but became a bestseller in the rest of the world. This brand-new translation marks the twentieth anniversary of this controversial novel. The Dattas Sudhamoy and Kironmoyee and their children, Suronjon and Maya have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being members of a small Hindu community that is terrorized at every opportunity by Muslim fundamentalists, they refuse to leave their country, unlike most of their friends and relatives. Sudhamoy believes with a naive mix of optimism and idealism that his motherland will not let him down. And then, on 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya is demolished by a mob of Hindu fundamentalists. The world condemns the incident, but its immediate fallout is felt most acutely in Bangladesh, where Muslim mobs begin to seek out and attack the Hindus. The nightmare inevitably arrives at the Dattas' doorstep and their world begins to fall apart.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anchita Ghatak works with development organizations on issues of poverty, rights and gender. She has translated Sunanda Sikdar's prizewinning Bengali memoir Dayamoyeer Katha into English as A Life Long Ago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Random House India
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0143477463
• ISBN 13: 9780143477464
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Harder; https://www.edel.com; ; Neum�hlen 17; Hamburg; Hamburg; 22763; Allemagne