Fifty Five Pillars, Red Walls

DescriptionFirst published in 1961, Usha Priyamvada's debut novel Pachpan Khambe, LaalDeewaarein is located within the boundaries of an all-women's college in Delhi.Behind its walls is Sushma Sharma-lecturer, warden, single, and sole providerfor her large family. Despite her relative youth and elegance, she is resigned to theregimented loneliness of her life, until a chance meeting with the charismatic Neel.Then, long-thwarted desires uncurl and the shackles she has accepted suddenly beginto seem unbearable. But the world around her is still unchanged, and independencestill causes scandal...In spare, evocative prose, Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls skilfully explores the physical,mental and social paradigms which locked so many women into narrow ideals, asthey still do. Daisy Rockwell's pitch-perfect translation brings this quietly intense,poignant and pathbreaking Hindi novel into the blazing spotlight of classic Indianliterature for the first time