Assassin / K. R. Meera; translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika.
Material type: TextHaryana : Harper Perennial Publishers, 2023Description: vi, 654 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9789356296268
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 823.92 MEE 020943 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020943 |
K.R. Meera's Assassin - originally published in Malayalam as Ghathakan, and brilliantly translated by J. Devika - is a genre-defying magnum opus that every Indian must read. Late one night in November 2016, Satyapriya, a middle-aged professional living alone in a big city, is attacked by an unidentified assailant. Though she escapes unhurt, a conversation with her paralyzed father reveals that this was no random incident but the latest in a series of attempts to kill her. And when he dies unexpectedly soon after, a devastated Satyapriya sets out to unravel the conspiracy coiling around her. Beginning at the height of India's demonetization drive and culminating on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, this is a novel that raises uncomfortable questions of identity and gender in a country where power, patriarchy, caste and money conspire every day to shape the contours of women's lives.--Publisher description
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