Description
In this sharply observed novel, Simrit Raman moves out of the “shadow” of her marriage and into a life she must remake from the inside out. After a painful divorce and a harsh settlement, she confronts the emotional disorientation of loss while trying—again and again—to reclaim agency, love, and stability on her own terms. Set against the shifting moral and social landscape of post-independence India, the story follows her struggle to understand what freedom means when it arrives through rupture rather than choice. With Nayantara Sahgal’s incisive, psychologically driven style, the book explores themes of gendered power, selfhood, and the lingering shadows cast by family, faith, and society.
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paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
Published Mar 28, 1991
208 pages
ISBN: 9780140154689
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First Published
1971
Language
eng
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