Tomb of sand : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Rockwell, Daisy, translator.
Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
ISBN
9780063299405, 0063299402
Physical Desc
603 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, 2023.
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063299405, 0063299402
Notes
Description
"Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize... A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic about a family--especially its inimitable octogenarian matriarch--in northern India. An eighty-year-old woman, Ma, slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family's cajoling, she refuses to get up from bed. Her responsible eldest son, Bade, and dutiful, Reebok-sporting daughter-in-law, Bahu, flit around trying to attend to Ma's every need, while her favorite grandson, the cheerful and gregarious Sid, entertains her with his guitar. But it is only when Sid's younger brother--Serious Son, pathologically incapable of laughing--brings his grandmother a sparkling golden cane covered with butterflies that things begin to change. With a new lease on life thanks to the powers of the cane, Ma gets out of bed and embarks on a series of adventures that baffle even her unconventional feminist daughter, Beti. She ditches her cumbersome saris, develops a close friendship with a hijra, and finally sets off on a fateful journey that will turn the family's understanding of themselves upside down"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Text in English; translated from the Hindi
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gītāñjali Śrī., & Rockwell, D. (2023). Tomb of sand: a novel (First HarperVia edition.). HarperVia.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- and Daisy, Rockwell. 2023. Tomb of Sand: A Novel. HarperVia.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- and Daisy, Rockwell. Tomb of Sand: A Novel HarperVia, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, and Daisy Rockwell. Tomb of Sand: A Novel First HarperVia edition., HarperVia, 2023.
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