Tomb of Sand

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ISBN-10:

1911284614

ISBN-13:

9781911284611

Author(s): GEETANJALI SHREE
Released: Jan 01, 2021
Format: Paperback, 739 pages
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Description:

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 \x27modern\x27 of the two. At the older woman\x27s 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\x27s 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.


























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