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Women Dreaming by Salma
WOMEN DREAMING by SALMA translated by MEEN KANDASAMY
Women in Translation Month
India 🇮🇳
A novel set in a small Muslim village in India, following a family that is abused by a patriarch who uses Islam as an excuse for his vile behaviour.
I was so frustrated for a big proportion of this book because the bully was causing so much hurt and pain to his sister and mother and wife and daughter and mother-in-law and his second wife. Basically every woman in his life was under his cruel control. There was some small light when the women were able to find ways to find joy, but for the most part this book was horribly depressing.
In terms of style, the writer uses a lot of repetition, and I wonder if we needed to be told the same things quite so many times — it certainly helped to add to the oppressive feeling throughout the novel.
I did love how simplistic the writing was and I found the message of the book to be very important.
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Women in Translation Month
India 🇮🇳
A novel set in a small Muslim village in India, following a family that is abused by a patriarch who uses Islam as an excuse for his vile behaviour.
I was so frustrated for a big proportion of this book because the bully was causing so much hurt and pain to his sister and mother and wife and daughter and mother-in-law and his second wife. Basically every woman in his life was under his cruel control. There was some small light when the women were able to find ways to find joy, but for the most part this book was horribly depressing.
In terms of style, the writer uses a lot of repetition, and I wonder if we needed to be told the same things quite so many times — it certainly helped to add to the oppressive feeling throughout the novel.
I did love how simplistic the writing was and I found the message of the book to be very important.
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