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"item_title" : "Kicking Up Dust",
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Overview
This book is a biography of the author and very skilfully presents a picture of her childhood, juxtaposing childish playfulness with the realities of the urban middle class she lived in. This prose is engrossing because it presents a child's frank and forthright perspective of the society she lives in. The curiosity of a rebellious child forced to survive in the adult world is an insight for the readers into the mind of child forced to grow up before her time. A number of the author's poems, also translated by Samina Rahman, are included in the volume as well.
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- ISBN-13: 9780199405503
- ISBN-10: 0199405506
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publish Date: April 2018
- Dimensions: 8.87 x 5.76 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.67 pounds
- Page Count: 142
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