Aazadi - Couverture souple

Akber, Naved

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9356998051 ISBN 13 : 9789356998056

Editeur : HarperHindi, 2024

Synopsis

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THREE SISTERS. THEIR UNBREAKABLE BOND. AND A NATION ABOUT TO BE BORN.

Here is a river...

Here is a village...

Here is a grand old mansion...

Here is the country that contains them all...

India. August, 1946. Everything is about to change.

Priya, Jamini and Deepa, Dr Nabakumar Ganguly's daughters, live in Ranipur, Bengal, safe from the rising turbulence in the country. When their father is killed on Direct Action Day, their world turns upside-down.

Priya, the youngest, intelligent and idealistic, is determined to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor, no matter how difficult. She is fortunate to have the support of zamindar Somnath Chowdhury, her father's best friend. Jamini, devout, dutiful and talented, helps her mother stitch kanthas to make ends meet. Hungering for affection even as she is resentful of her sisters, she nurses a secret desire. Beautiful Deepa, the eldest, all set to marry well, falls in love with Raza, Youth Leader at the Muslim League, and must face the consequences.

When India is partitioned, the sisters find themselves separated from one another, afraid of what will happen to not only themselves, but also each other. It is only then that they understand what it means to be independent, and the price one has to pay for it.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's powerful new novel is a moving story of loyalty and love, nationhood and sisterhood, set against India's independence movement, at once exhilarating and devastating.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Naved Akber has been associated with translation since long.Few of his translations are Paradise (Khushwant Singh), My Days in Prison (Iftikhar Gilani), Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh), Beyond 2020 (APJ Abdul Kalam and Y.S. Rajan), Black Book (Orhan Pamuk), Maskof Africa, A House for Mr. Biswas, Beyond Belief (V.S.Naipaul), Chankaya'sChant, The Krishan Key, Rozabal Line and Keepers of the Kalchakra (Ashwin Sanghi).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperHindi
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9356998051
• ISBN 13: 9789356998056
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
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