Tomb of sand
Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-2021
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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 (trans) woman - confuses her bohemian daughter, who is used to thinking of herself as the more 'modern' of the two. At the older woman's insistence they travel back 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.
Main title:
Tomb of sand / Geetanjali Shree ; translated by Daisy Rockwell.
Author:
Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957-, authorRockwell, Daisy, translator
Imprint:
[London] : Tilted Axis Press, [2021]©2021
Collation:
735 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Hindi.
Awards:
English PEN Award
ISBN:
9781911284611 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishHindi
Subject:
BRN:
297854
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Central Library | Adult fiction | Available |