{"product_id":"uprising-a-novel-by-tahmima-anam","title":"Uprising: A Novel by Tahmima Anam (Hardcover) (PREORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction - Literary - World Literature - Southeast Asian - Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 11\/17\/2026 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEqual parts heartrending and hopeful, Uprising is an “extraordinary” (Salman Rushdie), “powerful and uncompromising” (Kamila Shamsie) portrait of women’s lives told from the collective voice of their children.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a desolate, sinking island off the coast of Bangladesh, a group of children witness their mothers living lives of cruelty and servitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBought and sold by Amma, the ruthless madam who was once herself sold into slavery, the women have accepted their fates as sex workers. Yet their children weave fantastic tales, imagining that someday they will escape the island and enjoy a life of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Kusum Khan, a young, educated woman from the city, is brought to the island, she too is subjected to Amma’s violent induction. Yet Kusum refuses to yield, and soon the complacency of her fellow prisoners turns into ferocity and defiance. Together, they begin a rebellion that will upend their island and the very order of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA blazing drama of resistance and female power by an author who “deftly weaves the personal and the political” (The New Yorker), Uprising gives voice to the silenced through the story of a revolution no one saw coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUTHOR BIO: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTahmima Anam is the recipient of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and an O. Henry Award and has been named one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Best Young British Novelists. She was a Contributing Opinion Writer for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was recently elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Startup Wife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a trilogy of novels set in her native Bangladesh. She lives in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50067386630337,"sku":"9781668230046","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/7522\/1441\/files\/9781668230046.jpg?v=1774111632","url":"https:\/\/www.bookhavenbooks.com\/products\/uprising-a-novel-by-tahmima-anam","provider":"Book Haven Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}