The First Jasmines
by
Saima Begum
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1914221249
ISBN-13
9781914221248
Publisher
Hajar Press
Imprint
Hajar Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2025
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
234 grams
Dimensions
13.10 x 19.70 x 2.30 cms
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A story of silence and survival.
Shortlisted for the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize 2026. East Pakistan, 1971. On their way to visit their mother, two sisters, Lucky and Jamila, are captured by Pakistani soldiers and thrown into a world of horror. Locked in a room in an unknown village-turned-camp by the river, the women look through a lone barred window onto white jasmines blooming day and night. Meanwhile, around the camp, deadly guerrilla fighters from the Bengali Mukti Bahini gather to take back territory from the Pakistan Army. As Bangladesh crowns painfully into the world, Lucky and Jamila must choose between heartbreak and secrecy to return from an unspoken violence.
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