Sunlight on a Broken Column by Attia Hosain

Sunlight on a Broken Column

Attia Hosain

319 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 ...

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