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Words to Win: The Making of a Modern Autobiography
The first full-length autobiography in Bengali,
Amar Jiban
(
My Life
) was written in the early nineteenth century by an upper-caste rural housewife named Rashundari Debi. Published in 1868 when she was 88 years old, the book is a fascinating snapshot of life for women in the nineteenth century. Debi, who gave birth to eleven children—her first was born when she was 18-years
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Paperback
,
318 pages
Published
February 15th 2014
by Zubaan Books
(first published July 15th 2013)
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