by Taslima Nasrin · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440661838
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«Vergüenza» is the novel by Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, published by Ediciones B in paperback (367 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a Hindu family in Dhaka and the outbreak of violence that shakes Bangladesh after the destruction of the Babri Masjid mosque in Ayodhya (India) in 1992. Nasrin portrays religious fanaticism, intolerance towards minorities and the wounds of the country's independence and decolonisation process.
The work was originally published under the title লজ্জা (Lajja) in 1993; this Spanish edition is from 1996.
For readers interested in socially critical fiction, the history of Bangladesh and the religious and political conflicts of the late 20th century.
Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on feminism and her criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, including both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
