Pyre [electronic resource]
Perumal Murugan2022
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FROM ONE OF INDIA'S MOST RESPECTED AND BESTSELLING WRITERS COMES A SEARING AND
POIGNANT NOVEL ABOUT LOVE AND INTOLERANCE IN A SMALL VILLAGE
TWICE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
'With tender rage, one of India's most powerful living writers breathes life
into an age-old tale of forbidden passion' Nilanjana Roy
'Pyre is extraordinary. Rarely does literature reveal so much with so little'
Nayomi Munaweera
'A major India writer' New York Times
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Saroja and Kumaresan are young, in love and in danger. They meet in a small
southern Indian town, where Kumaresan works in a soda bottling shop, and quickly
marry before returning to Kumaresan's family village. But they are harbouring a
dangerous secret: they belong to different castes, and if the villagers find out
they will both be in grave peril.
Faced with venom from her mother-in-law, and pointed new questions from her new
neighbours, Saroja struggles to adjust to a lonely and uncomfortable life.
Kuma...
Main title:
Pyre [electronic resource] / Perumal Murugan
Author:
Perumal Murugan, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pushkin Press, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782278634
Language:
English
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BRN:
438321
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