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      Sunlight on a Broken Column

      by Attia Hosain
      Published
      Oct 1989
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      336
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      Laila, orphaned daughter of a distinguished Muslim family, is brought up by her orthodox aunts who keep purdah. At 15, she moves to the home of a "liberal" uncle in Lucknow. Here, during the 1930s, as the struggle for independence sharpens, Laila is surrounded by relatives and university friends caught up in politics. But Laila is unable to commit herself to any cause: her own fight for independence is a struggle with traditional life as she falls in love with a man not chosen by her family. With its beautiful evocation of India, its political insight and unsentimental understanding of the human heart, this is a classic of Muslim life.

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      First Edition Oct 1989 Penguin ISBN13 9780140161915 ISBN10 0140161910
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      Jan 1992 Penguin ISBN13 9780140123500 ISBN10 0140123504
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      Aug 2021 Little, Brown (UK) ISBN13 9780349014470 ISBN10 0349014477
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      Aug 2021 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B08MBTKRS3
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      Aug 2021 Virago Press (UK) ISBN13 9780349014487 ISBN10 0349014485
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