Fiction
Amina: The Silent One
by Fiza Pathan
Description
Amina: The Silent One brings vividly to life the grim realities facing women in India today, the grinding, filthy poverty, and debasement with which most Indian women must contend in their daily lives. This book will shock you and rip your eyes open. Through the magic of fiction, it tells an awful truth in human terms that cannot be told in any other way. The degradation of women in India is nearly universal, and ranges from their second-class status in society, often excluding them from educational and professional opportunities, to their frequent physical and psychological brutalization, often involving assault, rape, and sexual slavery. The anglicized educated Indian and the western industrialized world is appalled at the horrific news reports—all too frequent—of women attacked in public places, beaten, degraded, raped, and murdered. The situation and treatment of women in India is simply incomprehensible to most modern educated people. The media carries the hair-raising news reports; we shake our heads in outrage, confused that such cruelty and debasement of women is commonplace in a country that has long had the benefit of western cultural influence, education, and governmental systems. Yet the awful reality women endure in India completely escapes us because we are unacquainted with the actual, tangible details of their lives and the world they inhabit. In her latest work, Indian national and accomplished novelist and poet, Fiza Pathan has gone a long way in removing the obstacles to a true understanding of the hellish reality most Indian women experience. Her characters are fully imagined and alive to the reader, and she does not stint in telling the gruesome, shocking truth. She is candid and unsparing; she does not use euphemisms or false niceties in telling the tragic story of a Mumbai India slum family that, against all odds, produces a female musical prodigy. This novel will get under your skin and stay with you for a long time. Pathan’s characters live and breathe; you are sure to remember them; the sordid details of their lives and their struggles and heartbreaks materialize before our very eyes. Amina: The Silent One goes a long way in opening our lives and hearts to the plight of women in India and may actually be an agent of positive change in Indian society.
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Endorsements
Forward Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Finalist- Multicultural (Adult Fiction)
2015 New Apple Book Awards - Solo "Medalist Winner" in the E-Book General Fiction.
2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of fiction.
2015 New England Book Festival, Honorable Mention in Regional Literature
55 Best Self-Published Books of 2015. (Source-IndieReader)
2016 Pacific Rim Book Festival – RUNNER-UP in Regional Literature
4th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards – Winner in the category of Regional Fiction
2015 New Apple Book Awards - Solo "Medalist Winner" in the E-Book General Fiction.
2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of fiction.
2015 New England Book Festival, Honorable Mention in Regional Literature
55 Best Self-Published Books of 2015. (Source-IndieReader)
2016 Pacific Rim Book Festival – RUNNER-UP in Regional Literature
4th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards – Winner in the category of Regional Fiction
2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Awards-Winner 1st Place in General Fiction/Novel
2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Awards- Global Award Winner for Asia
2016 Next Generation Indie book Awards - Finalist Novella Category
Reviews
Amina: The Silent One is a powerful story with a message that needs to be told, one that will stay in your mind. It deserves an award.- Reviewed By Hilary Hawkes for Readers' Favorite (Five Stars)
This story is a very powerful and insightfully troubling one that addresses the plight of women in India.
-Reviewed By Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite (Five Stars)
It feels as though she hasn't written a fictional story, but rather has pulled back the curtains on a grim reality to let the reader experience what it is like to have hope in a land in which despondency reigns.-Reviewed By Jacquelyn Gilchrist for US Review of Books (Recommended rating)
IR Verdict: AMINA: THE SILENT ONE is a beautiful and thought-provoking novel that shines light on important issues facing women in India today.
It feels as though she hasn't written a fictional story, but rather has pulled back the curtains on a grim reality to let the reader experience what it is like to have hope in a land in which despondency reigns.-Reviewed By Jacquelyn Gilchrist for US Review of Books (Recommended rating)
IR Verdict: AMINA: THE SILENT ONE is a beautiful and thought-provoking novel that shines light on important issues facing women in India today.
"Pathan's strength is her ability to perfectly describe the slums Amina's family lives in." IR
"A powerfully gripping tale told by Fiza Pathan, Amina: The Silent One will fire up reader’s emotions while bringing them to tears." - Janelle Alex for AuthorsTalkAboutIt
"A powerfully gripping tale told by Fiza Pathan, Amina: The Silent One will fire up reader’s emotions while bringing them to tears." - Janelle Alex for AuthorsTalkAboutIt
Author Biography
Fiza Pathan is a teacher and an award-winning author of nine books: S.O.S. Animals and Other Stories, Treasury of Bizarre Christmas Stories, Classics: Why we should encourage children to read them, Nirmala: The Mud Blossom, So This Is Love - Collected Poems, Classics: How we can encourage children to read them, The Flame Will Always Burn-Selected Poems, Amina: The Silent One, Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues, and “Flesh of Flesh” (Short Story). She is the recipient of the following awards/recognitions: 1. CLASSICS: Why we should encourage children to read them Mom's Choice Awards® Silver Award Recipient, Kindle version. 2014 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of Education. (Paperback) 2015 Beverly Hills Book Awards-Winner in the category of Education/Academic. 2. CLASSICS: How we should encourage children to read them Mom's Choice Awards® Silver Award Recipient, Kindle version. 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards-Finalist 2015 Eric Hoffer Award- Honourable Mention (e-Book/non-fiction) 2015 IAN International Book Award- Finalist (How-to) 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award- Bronze Medal 2016 EPIC EBook Awards - Finalist- Non-Fiction 4th Annual Beverly Hill Book Awards – Winner in the category of Education 3. NIRMALA: The Mud Blossom 2014 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of Novella. 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards-Finalist 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award- Honourable Mention 4. S.O.S. Animals And Other Stories 2015 Holiday Book Festival- Honourable Mention 2015 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival- RUNNER-UP 5. So This Is Love - Collected Poems 2014 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of Poetry. 6. The Flame Will Always Burn-Selected Poems 2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of Poetry. 7. Treasury Of Bizarre Christmas Stories 2015 Halloween Book Festival- RUNNER-UP 8. Amina: The Silent One Forward Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Finalist- Multicultural (Adult Fiction) 2015 New Apple Book Awards - Solo "Medalist Winner" in the E-Book General Fiction. 2015 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Book in the category of fiction. 2015 New England Book Festival, Honorable Mention in Regional Literature 55 Best Self-Published Books of 2015. (Source-IndieReader) 2016 Pacific Rim Book Festival – RUNNER-UP in Regional Literature 4th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards – Winner in the category of Regional Fiction 2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Awards- Winner 1st place in General Fiction/Novel 2015-2016 Reader Views Literary Views- Global Award Winner for Asia 2016 NGIBA
9. Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues Mom's Choice Awards® Silver Award Recipient, Kindle version. 2015 New England Book Festival-Honorable Mention in Young Adult Category 2015 London Book Festival-Honorable Mention in Young Adult Category 2016 Los Angeles Book Festival-Honorable Mention in Young Adult Category Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winter 2016- Winner Young Adult Category She also hosts a blog at www.insaneowl.com, where she shares her poetry, book reviews, and other issues close to her heart. Fiza invites you to connect with her via her website at www.fizapathan.com, on Twitter @FizaPathan, and on Goodread
Copyright Information
Copyright © 2015 Fiza Pathan
Malayalam rights for printed books and eBooks have been licenced to Saikatham Books
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Fiza Pathan
- Publication Date August 2015
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781515148371
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 7.99 USD
- Pages188
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusSelf-Published
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2015
- Page size5.25 x 8 (5.02 x 8) inches
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