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xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm, In An Unrestored Woman, the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 cuts a jagged path through the lives of ordinary women and men, leaving ripples of sorrow through time and space. Each couplet of stories spans the Indian subcontinent, from refugee camps and torched trains to the spacious verandas of the British Raj, and billows into the wider world. An old woman recounts the murdering of what was most precious to her, and the many small cuts that led her to that act. A girl forced into prostitution wields patience as deftly as a weapon, and manages to escape her fate. An Indian servant falls in love with his employer, and spins a twisted web of deceit, An unrestored woman -- The merchant's mistress -- The imperial police -- Unleashed -- The lost ribbon -- The opposite of sex -- Such a mighty river -- The road to Mirpur Khas -- The Memsahib -- Kavitha and Mustafa -- Curfew