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The Monsoon War: A Novel Bina Shah

The Monsoon War: A Novel By Bina Shah

The Monsoon War: A Novel by Bina Shah


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The Monsoon War: A Novel by Bina Shah

The Monsoon War revisits the futuristic country of Before She Sleeps, where government leaders maintain a stranglehold over women's freedom and reproductive lives.

In a neglected southern province, a female armed resistance bands together as the Hamiyat, the protectors of those who are too weak to withstand. Now, they plan a courageous attack on the perpetrators of this regime that will free them from its tyranny forever.

Alia Musa is the wife of three husbands in a remote mountain village of Dhofar. When her youngest child, Noor, discovers a group of women who have escaped the regime to take refuge on the mountain, Alia must leave her home, join the Hamiyat resistance, and find out just how far she is willing to go for the daughters she loves, the husband she adores, and the mountain that she calls home.

As a promising young soldier in the Hamiyat, Katy Azadeh has found family and home in the resistance. Kidnapped during an unexpected skirmish and taken from the mountains, Katy is seduced by the ways of wealthy neighboring Eastern Semitia. Despite their veiled promises, Katy must find her way back to the Hamiyat to face the war that threatens their very existence.

Commander Fatima Kara is a veteran of the Hamiyat, leading her women to protect the women of the mountain villages from the government agents and the abuses of polygamy. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from Eastern Semitia makes Fatima Kara gamble with the lives of her soldiers, to win the ultimate prize for them alltheir freedom.

The Monsoon War is a near-future resistance novel that harnesses the powerful metaphor of womens bodies as the battleground on which the wars of the future will be played out.

The Monsoon War: A Novel Reviews

"Betrayals, reversals, action and nail-biting suspense make for an addictive story... and the characters and their incandescent fellowship will keep you obsessed." The Washington Post


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. Professor Akbar Ahmed, author, playwright, poet, and Chair of Islamic Studies at American University

About Bina Shah

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. Bina Shah currently resides in Karachi, Pakistan.

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GOR013980292
9781953002372
1953002374
The Monsoon War: A Novel by Bina Shah
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Delphinium Books, Inc
2024-06-20
320
Commended for Chevallier in the Order of Arts and Letters 2021 (France)
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