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Paperback. Condizione: New.

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Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. pp. 304.

Condizione: New. pp. 304.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789381841808 N.A.

Condizione: New. pp. 304.

Soft cover. Condizione: New. Sonia Rafeek's third novel The House of Girls is a historiographic metafiction crafted in a 'novel within novel' format. The story kicks off with the protagonist Nazia Hassan, working as a receptionist in a hospital in Dubai, receiving a book by courier written by someone else in her name. Embarrassed to the core, she tries to hide it, yet longs to see its contents. As she starts reading the novel, the story of ancient Dubaiits evolution from a small coastal town to a hub that came to be called the Venice of the Gulfunfolds before the reader. The new novel titled 'Bait Al Banat' unravels the life of three sisters, Mariam, Soraiyya and Shamsa, who lived in the historic Gold Souq area. They remained unmarried throughout their lives and earned their living by doing small-scale businesses. After their death, the house was converted into a Women's Museum in 2012. Nazia's life and memories and the lives of the three Emirati women intertwine in the chapters, even though they are presented as two separate stories. The novel encompasses several myths and stories prevalent during those times, giving the reader an idea about the culture and sentiments of the people of the region. The youngest sister Shamsa is an ardent storyteller and through her stories, the novel provides a sneak peek into the era when Arab women wove many a story to put their children to sleep, rein in wandering husbands and sons, and burn to ashes the fears within. This women-centric novel talks about their aspirations for freedom and the battles they fought to establish their identitiesboth inside and outside their homes. Overall, The House of Girls blends in a fantasy world embracing the sea and the sands with all their hues.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. 'Searing . This is a must-read' - M. MUKUNDAN When an accident leaves her husband bedridden, Ruth leaves her home in search of a job to look after her family. From the highlands of Wayanad, she goes to the deserts of Riyadh and Dubai, and after many trials and tribulations, eventually arrives in Nazareth, Israel, where she finds work as a caregiver. Here, she experiences the historical Holy Land, beloved to many religions, up close-its culture, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the condition of the people of Palestine-and comes to terms with her own wounds of exodus. In her beguiling, transporting new novel, Sheela Tomy weaves together the struggles of several peoples under siege. And through them, she also tells of the indomitable river of love and humanity that flows across the boundaries drawn by nationhood and religion.…

Soft cover. Condizione: New. ISBN:9789362139900 N.A.

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Condizione: Brand New. 328 pages. 8.46x5.51x0.79 inches. In Stock.

N.A. Condizione: New. ISBN:9788199249462.

Condizione: New. pp. 256.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.80x5.08x1.42 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. pp. 256.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. A NOVEL BY THE WINNER OF THE JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE AUTHOR OF GOAT DAYS The Jews have been suffering under Roman occupation for centuries, hoping for a messiah from the House of David to come and liberate them. Jesus of Nazareth is reluctant, but when John the Baptist is killed by the Romans, it is up to him to take on this mantle. But the rival Tribe of Benjamin desists this intrusion into Jerusalem by a successor of David and conspires with the Romans to betray Jesus. Despite a common enemy in the Romans, the Jews are divided by their laws and hierarchies, and their priests don't want to hear Jesus' message of love and equality. A bold and secular retelling of the life and times of Jesus Christ, The Second Book of Prophets resculpts many Christian beliefs in an iconoclastic manner. Here is the story of Jesus of Nazareth, a revolutionary seething at the injustices of his time and who saw beyond the narrow divisions that mark human nature. Deeply relevant to our fractured times, acclaimed Malayalam writer Benyamin pushes new ground in this deeply humanist retelling of one of the most remarkable beings in our histories.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Is it possible for society to exist without religion? Nireeswaran, the most celebrated of Malayalam novelist V.J. James' works, uses incisive humour and satire to question blind faith and give an insight into what true spirituality is. Three atheists, Antony, Sahir, and Bhaskaran, embark on an elaborate prank to establish that God is nothing but a superstition. They instal a mutilated idol of Nireeswaran, literally anti-god, to show people how hollow their religion is. Their plan starts turning awry when miracles start being attributed to Nireeswaran-a man waking up from coma after twenty-four years, a jobless man ineligible for government employment getting a contract, a prostitute turning into a saint-leading hordes to turn up to worship the fake deity. The trio is put in a quandary. Will they fight their own creation? Is their intractable minds an indication that atheism is a religion in itself? Belief and disbelief, it is possible, are two sides of the same coin.…

Condizione: New. pp. 256.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Considered one of the finest works in Malayalam literature, The Book of Exodus is a poignant and, at times, harrowing portrait of a rural community living in the backwaters of Kochi, Kerala. The protagonist, Kunjootty, is struggling to write a book of the same title, aiming to capture the stories of the natives of his village, Potta Thuruthu, the Isle of Reeds, untouched by the forces of modernization. As the mystery and tragedy of Kunjootty's own life become clearer, the narrative attains the proportions and complexity of an epic, where myths and legends are intertwined with reality, and where the past and present become indistinguishable from each other. Soon, all the intersecting stories of Kunjootty's friends and acquaintances start converging into the inexorable flow of time, characterized by the nameless river that runs alongside Potta Thuruthu. Originally published twenty-fifive years ago, this was V.J. James's debut novel, which won the DC Books Silver Jubilee Award in 1999 and garnered a wide readership in Malayalam over the years. This lucid and elegant translation by Ministhy S. brings it for the first time to an English readership, opening a window on a timeless classic of modern Malayalam literature that was more than twelve years in the making. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 'I could hear wild animals, as hungry as I was, growling down below, having caught my human smell. They attempted to scale the rocks. If there was one among them that could climb the cliff, my helplessness would turn me into its dinner tonight.' On the eve of Independence Day, Mahesh reads a small news item about a mysterious forest dweller who appeared in the middle of a rainforest out of nowhere and disappeared without a clue. Immediately, he recognizes the man to be Freddie Robert, their friend, guide, leader and the one they had all named Yudhisthira, who had disappeared into the forest several months ago, in search of a rare new bird. Mahesh and his four friends, each named after a Pandava brother, and Panchali, or Meera, decide that the only way they can ascertain whether the man was indeed Freddie is to return to the forest and search for him. Thus begins Dattapaharam, a powerhouse of a novel by the critically acclaimed and bestselling Malayalam author V.J. James. A rumination on solitude, man's connection with nature and the strings that attach us to this world, this is a surreal novel where the author's imagination soars like an eagle and words flow like the untouched springs in a rainforest. At times a fable on the modern world, at times a search for identity amid a quest of discovery, and on the whole a moving tale that takes the reader deep into the forests to understand what really makes us human, Dattapaharam is a powerful novel for our anthropocentric age, written by one of the most exciting voices to emerge from the Indian subcontinent.…

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