Killing women for honour.(In the Name of Honour: A Memoir)(Book review)

Contemporary Review | December 22, 2007| | Copyright

In the Name of Honour: A Memoir. Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Therese Cuny. Linda Coverdale, translator. Virago. [pounds sterling]10.99 p.b. xvii + 173 pages. ISBN 978-1-84408-409-8.

'About suffering they were never wrong! The Old Masters ...' writes Auden. It usually takes place in an unregarded corner of the painting--Icarus's legs splash down unnoticed. This narrative by Mukhtar Mai tells a story which, for once, disproves Auden. It tells of terrible suffering which might never have seen the light of day except for a series of exceptional circumstances. Mukhtar is a ...

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