Sunlight on a broken column
Hosain, Attia, 1913-19982021
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Total copies: 3
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 her 'liberal' but autocratic uncle in Lucknow. As the struggle for Independence sharpens, Laila is surrounded by relatives and university friends caught up in politics, but she is unable to commit herself to any cause: her own fight for independence is a struggle against tradition.
Main title:
Sunlight on a broken column / Attia Hosain.
Author:
Hosain, Attia, 1913-1998, author
Edition:
[New] edition / introduced by Kamila Shamsie.
Imprint:
London : Virago Press, 2021.
Collation:
xv, 366 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Virago modern classics ; 295.
ISBN:
9780349014470 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
389959