El vagón de las mujeres

by Anita Nair

Seis mujeres. Seis destinosEn la estación de Bangalore, en la India, Akhila, una mujer soltera de cuarenta y tantos años está a punto de realizar su gran sueñ subirse sola a un tren hacia un lugar lejano. Con ella viajan cinco mujeres con quienes comparte pronto  una madre confundida, una profesora de química casada con un hombre tiránico, una perfecta ama de casa que busca su identidad, una mujer cuyos sueños e inocencia se rompieron y una adolescente que parece comprender mejor que nadie lo que ellas buscan. Al calor de las confi dencias susurradas durante la noche, Akhila intenta encontrar respuesta a lo que le ha preocupado desde siempre, los mismos dilemas que defi nen el viaje que cada mujer emprende en la vida.

346 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2013

About the author

Anita Nair is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the novels The Better Man, Ladies Coupé, Mistress, Lessons in Forgetting, Idris: Keeper of the Light and Alphabet Soup for Lovers. She has also authored a crime series featuring Inspector Gowda.

Anita Nair’s other books include a collection of poems titled Malabar Mind, a collection of essays titled Goodnight & God Bless and six books for children. Anita Nair has also written two plays and the screenplay for the movie adaptation of her novel Lessons in Forgetting which was part of the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2012 and won the National Film Award in 2013. Among other awards, she was also given the Central Sahitya Akademi award and the Crossword Prize. Her books have been translated into over thirty one languages around the world. She is also the founder of the creative writing and mentorship program Anita’s Attic.