September 20, 2021
Home fires: Review of ‘Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls’ by Usha Priyamvada, translated by Daisy Rockwell
The Hindu
Published in 1961, translated 60 years later, ‘Fifty-five Pillars, Red Walls’ could be the story of any young, urban, middle-class woman today, who, pushed into the role of the family breadwinner, is unable to fulfil her personal dreams. Read Jyoti Punwani’s review of the book.
