AUTHOR : Shivani (Gaura Pant)        TRANSLATED BY:  Priyanka Sarkar

GENRE :TRANSLATION (HINDI)

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 In a story spanning generations and redolent with Gothic imagery,Shivani tells the story of a woman's life,her moral and her resilience 

SYNOPSIS:

A still, dense, ancient forest. A dark cave deep within. And in it a woman-child whose beauty can move the most pious to sin. Who is she and why did she jump from a moving train to land in the biggest cremation ground teeming with aghori sadhus?

In this story spanning generations and redolent with Gothic imagery, Shivani urf Gaura Pant tells the story of a woman's life, her moral and mental strength and her resilience. She also examines the choices women have in her beautiful, descriptive prose.

With an erudite foreword by her daughter and scholar, Mrinal panda, and a preface by the translator, this book is Shivani for the 21st-century reader. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :  

Gaura Pant, who was better known as Shivani, was a pioneer of women’s fiction in India. Her stories were serialised in Hindi magazines throughout the 60s and 70s. One of the most-loved Hindi authors of recent times, most of her corpus of work has not been translated to English. She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Hindi Literature in 1982.

BINDING : Flexibound 

PAGES: 208