The Girl in Scarlet Hijab

Kumar, Suresh U

ISBN 10: 1968010009 / ISBN 13: 9781968010003

Edité par Zv Press, 2025

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Synopsis :

A Gun. A Girl. A Revolution.

When an assassin's bullet strikes a legend, will raw courage be enough to save the dream?

Kerala, 1980. A brazen assassination attempt leaves a revered revolutionary—freedom fighter, celebrated writer, and moral compass of a generation—at death’s door. On the streets, student leaders form a human barricade, defying the police and bringing the home minister’s convoy to a halt. At the heart of the uprising are three inseparable friends: a charismatic youth leader, his fiercely loyal best friend, and a fearless young woman in a scarlet hijab whose tactical genius propels the protest into a revolution. As a series of political events shakes their world, dangerous secrets begin to unravel, threatening to derail the revolution and tear apart their private lives.

Praised as "a brilliant novel that interrogates accepted history and blurs the line between fact and fiction" by K. Jayakumar (2024 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awardee), "a tour de force" by Kerala film and TV star Mallika Sukumaran, as "a remarkable achievement—ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, and profoundly moving" by New Asian Writing. Shortlisted for the Delhi Literature Festival Jury Award and featured at the Kerala Literature Festival, The Girl in Scarlet Hijab is a stirring debut that fuses political thriller, historical fiction, forbidden love, and emotional drama.

The novel is perfect for readers who love books about untold stories of struggle for freedom, woman's fiction, women-led resistance, coming-of-age, courage under fire, forbidden romance, Indian literature, Asian literature, and historical fiction with genuine emotional depth. If you were moved by books like The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, Independence by Chitra Divakaruni, The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi, Revolution 2020 by Chetan Bhagat, All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, or Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan, this novel will stay with you long after the last page.

Because sometimes the most powerful weapon in a revolution…is truth told with steadfast courage.

À propos de l'auteur: Suresh U. Kumar is a professor, serial entrepreneur, start-up mentor, non-profit leader, and author with a zeal for taking chances, learning, and exploring new frontiers. Born in Kochi, India, he grew up listening to stories of courage, sacrifice and love related to the Indian independence struggle and World War 2 from his grandparents and his father, who was a young naval sailor with the British Indian Navy in North Africa in 1944. Suresh began his journey as a student political leader before embarking on a global career in the United States. Suresh co-founded his first venture in 1999, igniting his passion for leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Currently, he serves as a professor and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, founder of AI startup, The New Frontier Firm and as the President/Board Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)-New Jersey Chapter. An avid reader of all kinds of books, Suresh resides in New Jersey with his family.The Girl in Scarlet Hijab, Suresh's debut novel, was first traditionally published by Rupa Publications (2024). Shortlisted for the 2025 Delhi Literature Festival Jury Award for Fiction and hailed as a "brilliant novel that interrogates accepted history and offers an alternative view that is at once disturbing and illuminating" by Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awardee K. Jayakumar, "a tour de force" by Kerala film and TV star Mallika Sukumaran, and as "goose pimple worthy drama" by author Neetha Raman, the book soared to the top of multiple Amazon India charts in January 2025-including Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Indian Writing, Action & Adventure. The Malayalam version of the book will be released in November 2025.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Girl in Scarlet Hijab
Éditeur : Zv Press
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : PAP
Etat : New