The Woman Who Flew

Hungry for fresh air Nina strikes up a friendship with her mothers handsome ex-lover Irfan who encourages her to paint again. But as Nina tugs at her chains her sexually confused ex-husband Rezaul insinuates himself back into her life leaving her pregnant. About the Author asreen Jahan is a novelist short story writer and literary editor of the fortnightly Anyadin. Her short stories began appearing in the early eighties and after publishing five collections she published her first novel Urukkoo (The Woman Who Flew) in 1993. It won the Philips Literary Prize. She received the Alaol Literary Award in 1995 for childrens fiction. She also received the prestigious Bangla Academy Award in 2000. Kaisar Haq was educated at the universities of Dhaka and Warwick and is professor of English at Dhaka University currently on a visiting appointment at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.