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Jasoda : A Novel
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About the book
Paar – ‘mirage’ country, where it is often impossible to draw the line between reality and illusion – has been suffering from a decade-long drought. Jasoda is one of the last to leave this ‘arse-end of the world’ with her children and mother-in-law. Since her husband claims he has important work to do for the local prince, Jasoda must make the journey to the city by the sea on her own. Meanwhile, after years of anonymity, Paar seems poised to take off. Will Jasoda return home with her children? Or stay in the city that’s become home for her children?Kiran Nagarkar’s trenchant narrative traces the journey of a woman of steely resolve and gumption, making her way through an India that is patriarchal, feudal, seldom in the news, and weighed down by dehumanizing poverty.
Pages: 272
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Language: English
Kiran Nagarkar
KIRAN NAGARKAR is one of India’s most highly-regarded writers. His critically acclaimed novel Cuckold won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000. Nagarkar received Germany’s highest civilian award, the Order of Merit in 2012. Both the Tata Literature Live! and the Chandigarh Literary Fest gave him Lifetime Achievement Awards. His novels have been translated into German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Saat Sakkam Trechalis won the H. N. Apte award for the best first novel of 1974. “