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Attia Hosain

    1 gennaio 1913 – 25 gennaio 1998

    Attia Hosain fu una scrittrice, femminista e radiotrasmettitrice il cui lavoro esplorò le complessità delle relazioni umane e delle aspettative sociali. La sua prosa offriva una profonda visione della psicologia dei personaggi e una rappresentazione sfumata della società indiana. Hosain era nota per la sua prospettiva femminista, cercando di dare voce alle donne spesso messe a tacere all'interno delle strutture patriarcali. La sua eredità letteraria risiede nel coraggioso esame di temi riguardanti identità, tradizione e modernizzazione.

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    Phoenix Fled
    • 2021

      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.

      Phoenix Fled
    • 2006

      Laila, orphaned daughter of a distinguished Muslim family, is brought up by her orthodox aunts who keep purdah. At 15, she moves to the home of a "liberal" uncle in Lucknow. Here, during the 1930s, as the struggle for independence sharpens, Laila is surrounded by relatives and university friends caught up in politics. But Laila is unable to commit herself to any her own fight for independence is a struggle with traditional life as she falls in love with a man not chosen by her family. With its beautiful evocation of India, its political insight and unsentimental understanding of the human heart, this is a classic of Muslim life.

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