Tomb of sand : a novel / Geetanjali Shree ; translated by Daisy Rockwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Rockwell, Daisy, translator.

Standardized Title:

Reta-samādhi. English

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental--Fiction.

Depression, Mental.

Hindi fiction--Translations into English.

Hindi fiction.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Magic realist fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

603 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English, translated from Hindi.

Summary:

"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.

Notes:

International Booker Prize, 2022.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Joan Detz.

Other Format:

Online version:

Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- Tomb of sand

Online version: Gītāñjali Śrī, 1957- Tomb of sand

ISBN:

9780063299405

0063299402

9780063299412

0063299410

OCLC:

1330405180