{"product_id":"the-heart-breaks-free-the-wild-one-paperback","title":"The Heart Breaks Free \u0026 the Wild One - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsmat Chughtai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTahira Naqvi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Gloriously provocative...fearless in her writing and acute about female sexuality in a way we still rarely see.'--Kamila Shamsie, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eThe Heart Breaks Free\u003c\/em\u003e, set in pre-Independence UP, Bua, a free-spirited woman in a conservative Muslim household, is goaded into submission by the women in the family. But even as Bua surrenders to the forces of circumstance, Qudsia Apa, an uncomplaining abandoned wife, stuns everyone by transforming into a rebel. She rejects the life of celibacy and denial forced upon her and picks her own life partner, showing future generations the value and pleasure of subversion. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Wild One\u003c\/em\u003e is the love story of a servant girl, Asha, and her 'master', Puran, in a feudal household where such a relationship can only be a horror and a tragedy unless it is conducted in secret and quickly forgotten. Yet, when Puran can't muster the strength to defy his class, it is gutsy Asha who manages to beat the odds and win him for herself.\u003cbr\u003e Provocative, witty and intensely human as always, Chughtai delivers in these novellas scathing critiques of the cant and hypocrisy of Indian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105367691399,"sku":"9789388326865","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7f8b8e395d638175cfee72ffbdb0f32f.webp?v=1732433784","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-heart-breaks-free-the-wild-one-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}