Present Her Absence - Brossura

Kothari, Vinay

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9375426572 ISBN 13: 9789375426578

Casa editrice: Blue Rose Publishers, 2026

Riassunto

Synopsis - Present Her Absence

Present Her Absence is a work of literary fiction set in Mumbai during the late 1970s and 1980s, a city in transition, alive with the monsoon's rhythms, and shadowed by its underworld. At its center is Diane Decker, whose vision is radical for its time: an Anglo-Indian school principal who believes education is not merely about textbooks but about cultivating imagination, discipline, and inner resilience.

The novel traces Diane's attempt to build a new kind of school-small classes, integrated learning, and daily rituals of yoga and poetry-in an environment resistant to change. While she wrestles with trustees, and cultural norms, she finds herself entangled in the lives of her students: Mandira, a gifted but fragile girl carrying private trauma; Aryan and Ved, boys caught between privilege and expectation; and Anu, the daughter of her housekeeper Maya, whose disappearance will force Diane to confront moral choices beyond the walls of her school.

At once a portrait of a woman, a school, and a city, Present Her Absence is a meditation on what it means to guide others while still searching for one's own way.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Blue Rose Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 9375426572
• ISBN 13: 9789375426578
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile