{"product_id":"the-womens-courtyard","title":"The Women's Courtyard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKhadija Mastur \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vt-tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab-1\" name=\"tab-1\" class=\"tab-content current\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA feminist classic of Partition literature in a newly revised translation by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the turbulent decade of 1940s India,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Women's Courtyard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eilluminates a unique perspective on the Partition. The novel follows the struggles of a Muslim family from the perspective of the youngest daughter, Aliya, during the years that lead to Independence. Mastur’s novel is conspicuously empty of the politicking and large national questions that played out, typically, in the arenas of men. Instead, it gives expression to the preoccupations of the women, whose lives are mostly circumscribed by the secluded courtyard of their home. As they deal with the poverty that engulfs the family as a direct result of the men's all-consuming passion for the Independence Movement, the women in the courtyard are left to run the household on shrinking means, and Aliya attempts to gain an education against all odds. Set within the strict religious and social framework of a once-prominent family,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Women's Courtyard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einvites us into Aliya's suffocating world, where women are forced to contend with deteriorating conditions, as they try desperately to hold up the social structure that confines them.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PRH","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49942484353310,"sku":"9780143138068","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/3584\/9246\/files\/9780143138068.jpg?v=1752258837","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarcanoebooks.com\/products\/the-womens-courtyard","provider":"Cedar Canoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}