When I Hit You, Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife book by Meena Kandasamy
By Meena KandasamySeduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape.
At once the chronicle of an abusive marriage and a celebration of the invincible power of art, When I Hit You is a smart, fierce and courageous take on traditional wedlock in modern India.
Book details
- Paperback
- 249 pages
- English
- 1786491265
- 9781786491268
About Meena Kandasamy
described by the independent as a 'one-woman, agit-prop literary-political movement', meena kandasamy is a poet, writer, translator, anti-caste activist an Read More about Meena Kandasamy
More Books By Meena Kandasamy
4% OFF
When I Hit You, Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife book by Meena Kandasamy
New Book
Ksh 2,650
Ksh 2,750
Buy Now
People who bought this also bought
9% OFF
Professional Communication book by Goodheart-Willcox Publisher
Used Book
Ksh 1,000
Ksh 1,100
Buy Now
6% OFF
Moments With You: Daily Connections for Couples book by Dennis Rainey
Like New
Ksh 1,500
Ksh 1,600
Buy Now
2% OFF
6% OFF
8% OFF
Instinct: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive book by T. D. Jakes
Used Book
Ksh 1,200
Ksh 1,300
Buy Now
3% OFF
Geek Nation: How Indian Science Is Taking Over the World book by Angela Saini
New Book
Ksh 2,850
Ksh 2,950
Buy Now
3% OFF
Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future ? Lessons from the World?s Limits book by Richard Davies
New Book
Ksh 3,200
Ksh 3,300
Buy Now
4% OFF
Afeni Shakur : Evolution of a Revolutionary book by Jasmine Guy
New Book
Ksh 2,650
Ksh 2,750
Buy Now
2% OFF
Western Supremacy: The Triumph of an Idea book by Sophie Bessis
New Book
Ksh 4,150
Ksh 4,250
Buy Now
3% OFF
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living Book by Pema Chodron
New Book
Ksh 2,850
Ksh 2,950
Buy Now
3% OFF
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People book by Joe Navarro
New Book
Ksh 3,500
Ksh 3,600
Buy Now
4% OFF
3% OFF
The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business book by Eric Schmidt
New Book
Ksh 3,200
Ksh 3,300
Buy Now
20% OFF
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook book by Good Housekeeping
Used Book
Ksh 1,200
Ksh 1,500
Buy Now
9% OFF
Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values: Living Mitzvot in Today's World book by Barry L. Schwartz
Used Book
Ksh 1,000
Ksh 1,100
Buy Now
2% OFF
13% OFF
The First Time We Saw Him: Awakening To The Wonder Of Jesus book by Matt Mikalatos
Used Book
Ksh 700
Ksh 800
Buy Now
3% OFF
The Unicorn Delusion: How To Kill Your Inner Basic B book by G.L. Lambert
New Book
Ksh 3,190
Ksh 3,290
Buy Now
11% OFF
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used book by Peter Block
New Book
Ksh 4,000
Ksh 4,500
Buy Now
9% OFF
The Life of Christ: Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Barbara Burn
Used Book
Ksh 2,000
Ksh 2,200
Buy Now
3% OFF
The Alchemists: Inside the secret world of central bankers book by Neil Irwin
New Book
Ksh 2,890
Ksh 2,990
Buy Now
1% OFF
100 Years of Rugby in Kenya: 1910?2010 ? A Century of Pride | our website Kenya
New Book
Ksh 7,900
Ksh 8,000
Buy Now
10% OFF