Hangwoman / K.R. Meera ; translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika.
Material type: TextPublisher: Gurgaon, HR : Penguin Books, 2014Description: 439 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780143424697 (pbk.)
- 23 894.812372 MEE 014939
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 894.812372 MEE 014939 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 014939 |
Novel.
The Grddha Mullicks take pride in the ancient lineage they trace from four hundred years before Christ. They burst with marvellous tales of hangmen and hangings in which the Grddha Mullicks figure as eyewitnesses to the momentous events that have shaped the history of the subcontinent. In the present day, Chetna, the youngest member of the family, is appointed the first woman executioner in India. Thrust suddenly into the public eye, Chetna's life explodes under the harsh lights of television cameras. As the day of her first execution approaches, she breaks out of the shadow of a domineering father and the thrall of a brutally manipulative lover, transforming into a charismatic performer in her own right. Meera's spectacular imagination turns the story of Chetna's life into an epic and perverse coming-of-age tale. Will the ardent young woman be able to escape the love that binds her? Will she add lustre to the illustrious name of Grddha Mullick? Or will she succumb to the dazzle of celebrity and the thrill of power over life and death? The lurid pleasures of voyeurism and the punishing ironies of violence are kept in agile balance as the drama hurtles to its inevitable climax.
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