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TOMB OF SAND

By Dr. R Sudarshan

TOMB OF SAND - (shortlisted for international Booker Prize 2022 to be announced next week)

At 80, she slips into depression upon her husband's demise. Then she rehabilitates herself with sheer mind power and begins re-experiencing life. A transgender friend, a journey to Pakistan where her teenage memories lie, and a grand confusion in her daughter who always thought that she is more modern than her mother. She dons a persona that's both aged and young, ancient and modern, conventional and yet feminist. The old girl, with her sheer grit in life, crashes out of the boundaries of nations, religion, and gender.

This is the first book translated from Hindi on the shortlist of the Booker Prize. The award announcement is on May 26th, just a week away from today.

The book is on our shelf. Read before the world wakes up to the fame of the Tomb of Sand. Probably.

For any relevant query, message 81051 12990.

Silverfish Books, Farmer's House, # 1A - 13th Cross, Kalidasa Road, VV Mohalla, Mysore.

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