The Monsoon War: A Novel
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Publishing Details
The Monsoon War: A Novel
By (Author) Bina Shah
Delphinium Books, Inc
Delphinium Books, Inc
23rd August 2023
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Politics
823.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Width 139mm, Height 209mm
403g
Description
In an unnamed Middle Eastern country, government leaders maintain a stranglehold over women's lives and freedoms. But in a neglected southern province, a secret female resistance movement has been forming for years. Now, the Hamiyat are preparing for battle, as they plan a daring attack on the perpetrators of the central regime. Bina Shah's widely acclaimed feminist dystopia Before She Sleeps described a futuristic dystopian world where technology and tyranny rob women of their freedom and reproductive rights. The Monsoon War is the story of three courageous women - a Wife, a Fighter and a Commander - and the ambitious gambit they enact in order to free their daughters from the regime's grasp on their lives.
Reviews
"Betrayals, reversals, action and nail-biting suspense make for an addictive story... and the characters and their incandescent fellowship will keep you obsessed."
Listen to the voice of Bina Shahyou will hear a young, confident, compassionate new Pakistan. Her latest novel not only sparkles with wit and wisdom but is a deeply moving paean to the power of love for the author's Pakistani culture and people.
Author Bio
Bina Shah is a writer of English fiction and a journalist. She is the author of five novels and two collections of short stories, including Slum Child, which was a best seller in Italy. She was a regular contributor to the International New York Times from 2015-2018, and she is a provocative and bold commentator for the international press on Pakistans society, culture, and womens rights. Her most recent novel, Before She Sleeps, originally published by Delphinium in 2018, has been published in Germany, Turkey and India. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and an alum of the International Writers Program at the University of Iowa. In 2021, she was awarded the rank of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government.
