Nasreen Jahan (Libros)

Nasreen Jahan Libros

Nasreen Jahan es una autora y editora literaria bangladesí moderna, distinguida por su prosa poética y su enfoque psicológico del comportamiento humano, navegando hábilmente las complejidades de la mente humana. A menudo se centra en las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres dentro del tejido social, examinando sus complejidades con franqueza. Jahan ha abordado abiertamente temas de sexualidad, incluida la homosexualidad, en sus cuentos y novelas. Su escritura combina de manera única realismo, surrealismo y realismo mágico, evitando constantemente un tono erótico.

The Woman Who Flew

376 páginas
14 horas de lectura

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Winner of the Philips Literary Award in BangladeshThe Woman Who Flew (Urukkoo) tells the story of Nina, a young woman who moves from small-town Bangladesh to the megacity of Dhaka, where she soon finds herself divorced, bereaved of her newborn and trapped in a mundane existence. Hungry for fresh air, Nina strikes up a friendship with her mother’s handsome ex-lover, Irfan, who encourages her to paint again. But as Nina tugs at her chains, her sexually confused ex-husband, Rezaul, insinuates himself back into her life, leaving her pregnant . . .Intense, edgy and tinged with rage, The Woman Who Flew lays bare the inner world of a woman beating her wings against a hostile, conservative landscape.