by Taslima Nasrin · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780143028109
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«French Lover» is the contemporary fiction novel by Taslima Nasrin, published by Penguin in paperback (300 pages, in English).
Nilanjana, a young Bengali woman from Calcutta, moves to Paris after marrying Kishanlal, a restaurant owner. Stifled in an empty marriage, she meets Benoir Dupont, an attractive Frenchman, and has a passionate affair with him that confronts her with her own desires. The breakup with Benoir begins her self-discovery.
English translation by Sreejata Guha; the original edition was published in 2001.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction interested in stories of women, love, and cultural clash.
Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on feminism and her criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, including both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
