Breast Stories

By Mahasweta Devi

Book Overview

Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades. Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction that focuses on the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood. Instead, it is seen as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance. At a time when violence towards women in India has escalated exponentially, Devi's acerbic writing exposes the inherently vicious systems in Indian society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8170461405
• ISBN13: 9788170461401
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.5"