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A Burning

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A brilliant debut novel that heralds the arrival of a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction flawlessly combining commercial pacing with an unforgettable narrative about three characters whose fates become entwined in the wake of a terrorist bombing in contemporary India.

After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives.

A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Knopf

Release: June 02, 2020

A Burning

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A brilliant debut novel that heralds the arrival of a dazzling new voice in contemporary fiction flawlessly combining commercial pacing with an unforgettable narrative about three characters whose fates become entwined in the wake of a terrorist bombing in contemporary India.

After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives.

A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Knopf

Release: June 02, 2020

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