• ISBN13: 9789383074877
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 200
• Original Price: 350.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 250 grams

About the Book Ila Arab Mehta is an award-winning Gujarati author most noted for her explorations of feminist thinking. In this new translation of her beautiful and skillfully crafted novel Fence , we meet Fateema Lokhandwala, a young Muslim woman in present-day Gujarat. Fateema lives in a divided world, where religion and class split society. A member of the Muslim minority, she struggles to carve out a place for herself, seeking her true identity and encountering triumph and tragedy along the way.<br> Fence is a powerful critique of the damage caused by Indian identity politics. It is also a classic coming-of-age story and a lively, yet tender, exploration by Mehta, a Hindu writer, of the dreams and aspirations of her Muslim sisters.