The Woman Who Flew
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Author(s)Nasreen Jahan & Kaiser Haq (Tr.)
PublisherPenguin Books
ISBN / ASIN0143065149
ISBN-139780143065142
Sales Rank5,805,323
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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The Woman Who Flew (Urukkoo) tells the story of Nina, a young woman who moves from small-town Bangladesh to the megacity of Dhaka, where she soon finds herself divorced, bereaved of her newborn and trapped in a mundane existence. Hungry for fresh air, Nina strikes up a friendship with her mothers handsome ex-lover, Irfan, who encourages her to paint again. But as Nina tugs at her chains, her sexually confused ex-husband, Rezaul, insinuates himself back into her life, leaving her pregnant.