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Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-
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Depression, Mental -- Fiction.
India, North -- Fiction.
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Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-
Depression, Mental -- Fiction.
India, North -- Fiction.
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Tomb of sand : a novel / Geetanjali Shree ; translated by Daisy Rockwell.
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Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION SHR
Subjects
Depression, Mental -- Fiction.
India, North -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063299405 (hc.)
9780063299412 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st HarperVia ed.
Description:
603 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published as Ret Samadhi in India in 2018 by Rajkamal Prakashan."--T.p. verso.
In English, translated from Hindi.
Summary:
"A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic about a family--especially its inimitable octogenarian matriarch--in northern India. An eighty-year-old woman, Ma, slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family's cajoling, she refuses to get up from bed. Her responsible eldest son, Bade, and dutiful, Reebok-sporting daughter-in-law, Bahu, flit around trying to attend to Ma's every need, while her favorite grandson, the cheerful and gregarious Sid, entertains her with his guitar. But it is only when Sid's younger brother--Serious Son, pathologically incapable of laughing--brings his grandmother a sparkling golden cane covered with butterflies that things begin to change. With a new lease on life thanks to the powers of the cane, Ma gets out of bed and embarks on a series of adventures that baffle even her unconventional feminist daughter, Beti. She ditches her cumbersome saris, develops a close friendship with a hijra, and finally sets off on a fateful journey that will turn the family's understanding of themselves upside down."--Provided by publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction, 2022.
International Booker Prize, 2022.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Magic realist fiction
Other authors:
Rockwell, Daisy.
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