by Taslima Nasrin · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484501299
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«La hermana de Nupur» is the novel by Taslima Nasrin, published in 2000 by Debolsillo in paperback (206 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together two stories set in India. The first, featuring sisters Nupur and Jamuna, contrasts the submission of one with the rebellion of the other, who end up united by complicity. The second, «Un destino de mujer», follows Hira, whose arranged marriage becomes a cruel and silenced disappointment.
Translation by Marina Pino. The volume brings together «La hermana de Nupur» and «Un destino de mujer». Number 301 of the Debolsillo collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in female oppression and the weight of traditions in India.
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.
