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Tomb of Sand

By Geetanjali Shree

Tomb of Sand Contemporary literature

Tomb of Sand

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In northern India, an eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband, and 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 transgender 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 the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and re-evaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, a feminist. Rather than respond to tragedy with seriousness, Geetanjali Shree's playful tone and exuberant wordplay results in a book that is engaging, funny, and utterly original, at the same time as being an urgent and timely protest against the destructive impact of borders and boundaries, whether between religions, countries, or genders.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
696
Release Date:
2024-08-12
Publication Date:
2022-03-07
Publisher:
Penguin Random House UK
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143448471
ISBN13:
9780143448471
Weight:
599 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
46 cm
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