{"product_id":"the-woman-who-wore-a-hat-a-timeless-indian-novella-9789363361430","title":"The Woman Who Wore a Hat {A Timeless Indian Novella}","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a house with an octagonal drawing room, a group of men gather night after\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enight to talk, drink, and circle around their emptiness. The air is thick with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eboredom, guilt, and the ghosts of the past. Into this closed, suffocating world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewalks a young woman wearing a hat garlanded with flowers. She says she wants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto make an animated film, that she has lost her memory, that she is looking for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecapital-and perhaps for herself. Through her, Kamal Desai creates a powerful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eportrait of women who refuse to be confined by expectations-as wives, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughters, and mothers-and reach for something beyond endurance, towards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eself-definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Marathi in 1975, The Woman Who Wore a Hat is a landmark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Indian feminist fiction. In its quiet yet piercing way, it dismantles the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eboundaries between the masculine and feminine, sanity and rebellion, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelonging and exile, memory and selfhood. With wit, lyricism, and sharp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epsychological insight, Desai traces a woman's insistence on choosing her own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeaning in a world that seeks to name and contain her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShanta Gokhale's elegant translation brings this daring, introspective novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto a new generation of readers-one that continues to ask what it means for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewoman to be free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363361430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.30d","brand":"Kamal Desai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53240072667317,"sku":"9789363361430","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9789363361430.jpg?v=1788975325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-woman-who-wore-a-hat-a-timeless-indian-novella-9789363361430","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}