Mother of 1084
Mahaśweta Devi, 1926-2014
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Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures. Mother of 1084 is one of her most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation - a militant communist uprising that was brutally repressed by the Indian government and led to the widespread murder of young rebels across Bengal. This novel focuses on the trauma of a mother who awakens one morning to the shattering news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction about the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood, but as a harsh ndictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance. At a time when violence towards women in India has escalated exponentially, Devi exposes the inherently vicious systems in Indian society. Old Women tells the touching, poignant tales of two timeworn women - Dulali, a widow since childhood, who is now an old woman preoccupied only with day-to-day survival, and Andi, who loses her eyesight due to a combination of poverty, societal indifference, and government apathy. All three volumes, written in Devi's hard-hitting yet sensitive prose, are significant milestones in India's feminist literary landscape.
Main title:
Mother of 1084 / Mahasweta Devi ; translated and introduced by Samik Bandyopadhyay.
Author:
Mahaśweta Devi, 1926-, authorBandyopadhyay, Samik, translator, author of introduction
Imprint:
Calcutta, India : Seagull Books, 2014.©1997.
Collation:
xix, 127 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
8170461391 (paperback)9788170461395 (paperback)
Dewey class:
891.44371
Language:
EnglishBengali
Subject:
BRN:
344839
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F DEVIClassics | Available |