Description
Set within the intimate pressures of marriage, this novel follows a devout middle-class woman who, seeking relief for a troubling condition, turns to a Hindu faith healer—secretly and against her husband’s expectations—rather than to Western medicine. As her choice draws her deeper into a world of belief, ritual, and fear, the story becomes a charged exploration of the clash between superstition and science, faith and reason, and tradition and modernity. Markandaya’s clear-eyed, socially observant style illuminates how conflicting values can fracture trust even in the most ordinary lives. Ultimately, the book asks what people owe to their families, their cultures, and their own desperate hopes for healing and control.
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Published Jan 1, 1960
262 pages
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First Published
1960
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Silence of Desire by Kamala Markandaya.