by Kenizé Mourad · CÍRCULO DE LECTORES S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422675501
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«Un jardín en Badalpur» is the historical fiction novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (506 pages, in Spanish).
Zahr, raised in France and orphaned by her mother, travels to India upon learning that her father is the raja of Badalpur. There she clashes with a strict Muslim community that demands her submission. Years later, the inheritance of a palace garden reopens the conflict, in a story about identity, roots, and female freedom.
Translation by Esther Benítez. Original title: «Le jardin de Badalpour». Spanish edition published in 1999.
For readers of historical fiction and stories set in India with a female protagonist.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
