Daura : a novel / Anukrti Upadhyay.

By:

Upadhyay, Anukrti [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India : Fourth Estate, 2019Description: 153 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789353570019 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823.92 UPA 021256 23 021256

LOC classification:

PR9499.4.U63 D38 2019

Also issued online.Summary: "A journey into the dark heart of the desert.A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan, and finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the lives and troubles of the common people there. Then one day, with the help of a mysterious musician, the Sarangiya, he has an encounter with beauty in its purest, most absolute form - an encounter that precipitates a dangerous descent. The pages from the journal he keeps are combined with the narratives of various people around him to create a compelling account of his slide away from reality. Half real and half fable, and redolent with the songs and myths, the beauty and mystery of Rajasthan, Anukrti Upadhyay's Daura announces the arrival of a powerful new literary talent."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	823.92 UPA 021256 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021256

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"A journey into the dark heart of the desert.A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan, and finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the lives and troubles of the common people there. Then one day, with the help of a mysterious musician, the Sarangiya, he has an encounter with beauty in its purest, most absolute form - an encounter that precipitates a dangerous descent. The pages from the journal he keeps are combined with the narratives of various people around him to create a compelling account of his slide away from reality. Half real and half fable, and redolent with the songs and myths, the beauty and mystery of Rajasthan, Anukrti Upadhyay's Daura announces the arrival of a powerful new literary talent."

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