by Bapsi Sidhwa · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722331203
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«A noiva prometida» is the novel by Bapsi Sidhwa, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (251 pages, in Portuguese).
Qasim returns to his village in the mountains of Pakistan with Zaitoon, the orphan he adopted and who is promised to a man of the tribe. The novel contrasts the beauty of the landscape with the violence of traditions and follows Zaitoon in her struggle to regain dignity and freedom.
The original work is The Pakistani Bride, published in 1983. Portuguese translation by Fernanda Pinto Rodrigues. First novel by Bapsi Sidhwa.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction with an interest in Pakistan, tribal traditions and female freedom.
Bapsi Sidhwa was a Pakistani novelist who wrote in English and was resident in the United States.
