A review by poojasinghco
Hellfire by Leesa Gazi, Shabnam Nadiya

4.0

"Hellfire" by Leesa Gazi, translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya, one of the most exhilarating debuts, is a story of two sisters, Lovely and Beauty, who have been forced to stay in their house all their lives by tenor mother Farida Khanam. So when Lovely turns forty, and her mother allows her to go out on her own to explore the bazaars, Lovely could not help but take up the offer, but as she ventures out in the streets of Dhaka, a voice in her head, that has long been made a home there, directs her to a deep dark place, and what follows is a twisted tale of toxic family ties, faith, and social hierarchy.
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