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4) A burning
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to...
7) Ladies coupe
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
11) Shiva dancing
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will...
14) East of the sun
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
590 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In northern India, an eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention, including striking up a friendship with a hijra person, confuses her bohemian daughter, who is used to thinking of herself as the more 'modern' of the two. To her family's consternation, Ma insists on travelling to Pakistan, simultaneously confronting...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
1940's India. During this volatile and transitional time in the country's fight for independence, Layla is astrologically doomed never to marry. Manik's career and arranged marriage were charted for success. But by cleverly manipulating the hand fortune has dealt her, Layla has found love with Manik. Layla's life as a newly married woman takes her away from home and into the jungles of Assam, where the world's finest tea thrives on plantations run...
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