Tomb of sand : a novel
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Author
Contributors
Rockwell, Daisy, translator.
Status
Honeoye Public Library - Adult Fiction
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
603 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"WINNER OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic about a family-especially its inimitable octogenarian matriarch-in northern India. An eighty-year-old woman, Ma, slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband. Despite her family's cajoling, she refuses to get up from bed. Her responsible eldest son, Bade, and dutiful, Reebok-sporting daughter-in-law, Bahu, flit around trying to attend to Ma's every need, while her favorite grandson, the cheerful and gregarious Sid, entertains her with his guitar. But it is only when Sid's younger brother-Serious Son, pathologically incapable of laughing-brings his grandmother a sparkling golden cane covered with butterflies that things begin to change. With a new lease on life thanks to the powers of the cane, Ma gets out of bed and embarks on a series of adventures that baffle even her unconventional feminist daughter, Beti. She ditches her cumbersome saris, develops a close friendship with a hijra, and finally sets off on a fateful journey that will turn the family's understanding of themselves upside down. Elegant, heartbreaking, and funny all at once, Tomb of Sand is a literary masterpiece. Rich with fantastical elements, folklore, and exuberant wordplay, and encompassing such topics as Buddhism, global warming, feminism, Partition, and the gender binary, it marks the none-too-soon American debut of an extraordinary writer. Translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell"--,Provided by publisher.
Awards
International Booker Prize, 2022
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gītāñjali Śrī., & Rockwell, D. (2023). Tomb of sand: a novel . HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- and Daisy, Rockwell. 2023. Tomb of Sand: A Novel. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- and Daisy, Rockwell. Tomb of Sand: A Novel HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gītāñjali Śrī, and Daisy Rockwell. Tomb of Sand: A Novel HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
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