River of My Blood
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
8129137348
ISBN-13
9788129137340
Publisher
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Imprint
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 1st, 2016
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
254 grams
Dimensions
20.50 x 13.30 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Fiction: special features
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River of My Blood follows Boori''s journey from a young girl to a married woman facing infertility and raising a deaf and dumb son during the Bangladesh war of independence. The novel explores themes of love, loss, women''s rights, and the impact of war on individuals.
River of My Blood is a gripping tale ofove andoss. The novel chronicles theife of Boori, a wild wisp of a girl as she hopscotches into adulthood and marriedife with an older relative, faces the stigma of being infertile and then tries to come to terms with the birth of a deaf and dumb boy. Her private wounds reflect national traumas as Haldi, her East Pakistan village is swept by Muktijuddho”the nine month-long bloody war of independence from which Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign state in 1971. Caught in the spiral of violence, powerless against the brutality of the Pakistani army, the young widow faces the most momentous choice she has ever had to make. One of the most compelling accounts to emerge on war, women''s rights and patriarchy, River of My Blood is certain to stay with the readerong after theast page has been turned.
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