Fifty-Five Pillars, Red Walls
Paperback 200 pages English Jun 01, 2021
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DescriptionFirst published in 1961, Usha Priyamvada's debut novel Pachpan Khambe, LaalDeewaarein is located within the boundaries of an all-women's college in Delhi.Behind its walls is Sushma Sharma-lecturer, warden, single, and sole providerfor her large family. Despite her relative youth and elegance, she is resigned to theregimented loneliness of her life, until a chance meeting with the charismatic Neel.Then, long-thwarted desires uncurl and the shackles she has accepted suddenly beginto seem unbearable. But the world around her is still unchanged, and independencestill causes scandal...In spare, evocative prose, Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls skilfully explores the physical, mental and social paradigms which locked so many women into narrow ideals, asthey still do. Daisy Rockwell's pitch-perfect translation brings this quietly intense, poignant and pathbreaking Hindi novel into the blazing spotlight of classic Indianliterature for the first time
- Author:
- Usha Priyamvada
- Publisher:
- Speaking Tiger Books
- Publication Date:
- Jun 01, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 200 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 9390477948
- ISBN-13:
- 9789390477944