Ed J. Paine
Jeffery Paine is the author of Father India: Westerners Under the Spell of an Ancient Culture. He is contributing editor, and was for many years literary editor, of the Wilson Quarterly. Jeffery Paine lives in Washington, D.C. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Taslima Nasrin
This groundbreaking book throws open a window on a world unknown to most Westerners. Taslima Nasrin revisits her early years - from her auspicious birth on a Muslim holy day to the threshold of womanhood at fourteen - in a small rural village ... [... more]
Random House |
Lesley Downer
Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional creations, from Puccini's Madame Butterfly to Arthur Golden's ... [... more]
Random House |
