The Crooked Line

Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book The Crooked Line by Ismat Chughtai, Tahira Naqvi, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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Author: Ismat Chughtai, Tahira Naqvi ISBN: 9781558619326
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY Language: English
Author: Ismat Chughtai, Tahira Naqvi
ISBN: 9781558619326
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Language: English

A young Indian woman searches for her own identity as her country fights for independence in this novel from the award-winning Urdu Indian author.
 
*The Crooked Line *is the story of Shamman, a spirited young woman who rebels against the traditional Indian life of purdah, or female seclusion, that she and her sisters are raised in. Shipped off to boarding school by her family, Shamman grows into a woman of education and independence just as India itself is fighting to throw off the shackles of colonialism. Shamman’s search for her own path leads her into the fray of political unrest, where her passion for her country’s independence becomes entangled with her passion for an Irish journalist.
 
In this semi-autobiographical novel, Ismat Chughtai explores the complex relationships between women caught in a changing culture, and exposes the intellectual and emotional conflicts at the heart of India’s battle for an uncertain future of independence from the British Raj and ultimately Partition.

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A young Indian woman searches for her own identity as her country fights for independence in this novel from the award-winning Urdu Indian author.
 
*The Crooked Line *is the story of Shamman, a spirited young woman who rebels against the traditional Indian life of purdah, or female seclusion, that she and her sisters are raised in. Shipped off to boarding school by her family, Shamman grows into a woman of education and independence just as India itself is fighting to throw off the shackles of colonialism. Shamman’s search for her own path leads her into the fray of political unrest, where her passion for her country’s independence becomes entangled with her passion for an Irish journalist.
 
In this semi-autobiographical novel, Ismat Chughtai explores the complex relationships between women caught in a changing culture, and exposes the intellectual and emotional conflicts at the heart of India’s battle for an uncertain future of independence from the British Raj and ultimately Partition.

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