Unhappy Families
Daisy Rockwell's translation of Khadija Mastur's bleak novel offers a nuanced reading of patriarchy
by Rakhshanda Jalil
Dec 15, 2018
2 minutes
Those looking for a happy ending in this 391 page novel will be disappointed. So, too, will those looking for mischief and banter and flavourful idiomatic conversations in the begumati zubaan, a la Ismat Chughtai. The Women's Courtyard offers an unrelentingly bleak portrayal of poverty, deprivation and the needless cruelties of time and
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