{"product_id":"fifty-five-pillars-red-walls-paperback","title":"Fifty-Five Pillars, Red Walls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eUsha Priyamvada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1961, Usha Priyamvada's debut novel Pachpan Khambe, Laal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeewaarein is located within the boundaries of an all-women's college in Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind its walls is Sushma Sharma-lecturer, warden, single, and sole provider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor her large family. Despite her relative youth and elegance, she is resigned to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregimented loneliness of her life, until a chance meeting with the charismatic Neel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, long-thwarted desires uncurl and the shackles she has accepted suddenly begin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto seem unbearable. But the world around her is still unchanged, and independence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill causes scandal...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spare, evocative prose, Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls skilfully explores the physical, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emental and social paradigms which locked so many women into narrow ideals, as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey still do. Daisy Rockwell's pitch-perfect translation brings this quietly intense, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoignant and pathbreaking Hindi novel into the blazing spotlight of classic Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eliterature for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728109211711,"sku":"9789390477944","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aad2c69524b8d3aab0220fe2a000e313.webp?v=1765117299","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fifty-five-pillars-red-walls-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}