num_pages: 310
description: Astha has everything an educated, middle-class Delhi woman could ask for - children, a dutiful loving husband, and comfortable surroundings. So why should she be consumed with a sense of unease and dissatisfaction?Astha finds herself embarking on a powerfully physical relationship with a much younger woman, Pipee, the widow of a political activist. But with this extra-marital affair is she foolishly jeopardizing everything - or is Astha at last throwing off the fear and timidity instilled in her by her parents, her husband, her social class?Manju Kapur, celebrated author of the prize-winning Difficult Daughters, has written a seductive and beautifully honest story of love and betrayal, set at a time of on-going political and religious upheaval. Told with great sympathy and intelligence, and without a shred of sentimentality, A Married Woman is a story for anyone who has felt trapped by life's responsibilities.
language: English
title: A Married Woman
titlecomplete: A Married Woman
genres: Queer, Literary Fiction, Novels, India, Indian Literature, Asia, LGBT, Fiction, Contemporary, Lesbian
ratings_count: 863
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: RSL Encore Award
publisher: Faber & Faber