Attia Hosain is one of the most influential Indian writers of the twentieth century. In these beautifully wrought stories, she depicts characters who are caught between worlds and cultures.
Attia Hosain Boeken
1 januari 1913 – 25 januari 1998
Attia Hosain was een schrijfster, feministe en omroepster wiens werk de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en maatschappelijke verwachtingen onderzocht. Haar proza bood een scherp inzicht in de psychologie van personages en een genuanceerde weergave van de Indiase samenleving. Hosain stond bekend om haar feministische invalshoek, waarbij ze ernaar streefde vrouwen een stem te geven die binnen patriarchale structuren vaak het zwijgen werd opgelegd. Haar literaire nalatenschap ligt in haar moedige onderzoek naar thema's als identiteit, traditie en modernisering.
"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
