The Women's Courtyard
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0143138065
ISBN-13
9780143138068
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 2nd, 2025
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
500 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.90 x 3.50 cms
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Set in the turbulent decade of the 1940s, The Women's Courtyard provides an inverted perspective on the Partition. Mastur’s novel gives expression to the preoccupations of the women in the courtyard, fighting different battles with loud voices. The novel follows a Muslim girl, Aliya, and her family, about and around the climax of the Independence struggle. While the national struggle rages on the street, Aliya, Aunty and the residents of the courtyard are tethered hopelessly to their own problems of life and death. The Women’s Courtyard is an experience in suffocation. Within the strict religious and social framework of a rigid Muslim family, there is a purdah between Aliya and the rest of the world.
Set in the turbulent decade of the 1940s, The Women''s Courtyard provides an inverted perspective on the Partition. Mastur’s novel gives expression to the preoccupations of the women in the courtyard, fighting different battles with loud voices. The novel follows a Muslim girl, Aliya, and her family, about and around the climax of the Independence struggle. While the national struggle rages on the street, Aliya, Aunty and the residents of the courtyard are tethered hopelessly to their own problems of life and death. The Women’s Courtyard is an experience in suffocation. Within the strict religious and social framework of a rigid Muslim family, there is a purdah between Aliya and the rest of the world.
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