Tomb of Sand - Softcover

Geetanjali Shree

 
9781911284611: Tomb of Sand
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1911284614 ISBN 13: 9781911284611
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Authors

Geetanjali Shree is the author of five novels and five short story collections. Her work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian, and some Indian languages. She has received and been shortlisted for a number of national and international awards and fellowships, including the 2022 International Booker Prize. She lives in New Delhi.

Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer and translator living in the US. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's 'Falling Walls', Bhisham Sahni's 'Tamas', and Khadija Mastur's 'The Women's Courtyard'. Her 2019 translation of Krishna Sobti's 'A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There' was awarded the Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Translation Prize. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.

From the Back Cover

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 and travels back to Pakistan with her daughter, 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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1911284614
ISBN 13 
9781911284611
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
752

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780063299405: Tomb of Sand

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0063299402 ISBN 13:  9780063299405
Publisher: Harpervia, 2023
Hardcover