num_pages: 210
description: This book compiles three stories by activist-novelist Mahasweta Devi, translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In "The Hunt" a tribal daughter of a white planter kills her mainstream exploiter-cum-potential rapist as part of a spring festival where the women hunt. "Douloti" is one of the authors most probing exposures of bondslavery in India. In "Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha", a tribal community, drought-stricken and destitute, confronts a pterodactyl that appears to them as the discontented soul of their ancestors. A long interview with the author and two texts by the translator offer invaluable insights into these three outstanding works.
title: Imaginary Maps
titlecomplete: Imaginary Maps
genres: Asian Literature, Indian Literature, Short Stories, India, Womens, Post Colonial, Literature, Fiction, Academic, Politics
ratings_count: 286
publisher: Thema