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It impressed me greatly as it was a book from a female author that emphasized that women were not given due importance.
There is a Spice country, mentioned in the title of the book, and a formation that has adopted a dictatorial regime called an empire. This is a work that reflects what happened in the past and shows us societies where women's rights are still not respected.
A tradition I learned in this work gave me goosebumps and made me sad at the same time. According to ancient Hindu traditions, Sati is a practice among some Hindu communities in which women whose husbands die commit suicide willingly or are made to commit suicide by force. I have researched and seen that the most well-known form of Sati is a woman burning to death on the pyre where her husband's body was burned.
Coming to the book, women whose husbands have died either take shelter in houses called widows' houses with difficulty or are burned alive on the same fire where their dead husbands were burned.
Among the important characters in the book are Mehta, who will become the head of the Spice country and challenge the empire, and her friend Berraksu, a nurse who helps and encourages her in this renewal process, and her husband Zubin, who is Mehta's best friend. Mehta Baharat managed to become the head of his country, albeit with difficulty. Mehta' The best thing to do is to try to protect women from these events they experience.
The book does not go in chronological order. We read articles, sometimes from the past, sometimes from the present, and sometimes from the experiences of different characters. I recommend this book, which I read with pleasure. Read it, make it read please :)
