Freedom Fables: Satire and Politics in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Writings

by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

From the writer of the delightful utopian fantasy Sultana's Dream come these witty tales describing the twists and turns of India's two-hundred-year relationship with the Imperial British. Available to contemporary English readers for the first time, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Freedom Fables is temporally vast but compact in form and size. The first tale, "Gyanphal--The Fruit of Knowledge", begins in the Garden of Eden. This paradise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9385932489
• ISBN13: 9789385932489
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"