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Waiting: A Collection of Stories

Waiting: A Collection of Stories

$23.00
Author:Nighat Gandhi
ISBN 13:9789385932540
Binding:Softcover
Language:English
Year:2019
Subject:Language and literature

About the Book

In this new collection by well- known author Nighat Gandhi, the private worlds of women open themselves up to the reader. Inside their homes are women trapped in a state of continuous limbo, waiting for change; young girls struggling for the ‘purity’ that religion demands of them; new mothers who wonder at the absence of desire. Outside, the seasons change, trees shed their leaves, the sky becomes overcast, sounds float in to them and they wonder about the meaning of life. Each of the stories bring questions for the reader, their nuanced telling and their unsparing truthfulness leave readers with a sense of discomfort as they confront their own demons. Love, longing, loss, aging, survival, hope and self-invention-in other words, life- are what these stories are about.