On the Trail of Taslima by Hanifa Deen

Book Description

New.

Previously titled: The Crescent and the Pen: The Strange Journey of Taslima Nasreen

Hanifa Deen travels the world in pursuit of dissident writer Taslima Nasreen. After tracking down the unhappy Bangladeshi author living in exile, she becomes enmeshed in an exciting subculture inhabited by freedom of expression activists and their organisations: International PEN, Reporters sans frontières. Amnesty International and other fellow travellers ready to do battle with the Islamist anti-Taslima forces.

An intriguing tale unfolds featuring hard-line Muslim ‘Dragons’ and the “Dragon Slayers’ from the West, hell-bent on defending free speech - and Taslima

Cast as a female Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasreen struggles to meet everyone's expectations, but eventually slips from her literary pedestal. Deen explores the mayhem and contradictions of the controversial author's life.