Description
In this lyrical novel, Mala summons ghosts from her childhood and, in doing so, re-enters the charged emotional landscape of her youth—when love with Asad felt like a promise and defiance against social expectation seemed possible. As memories surface and voices return, the story traces how private choices echo across generations, shaping what a family dares to remember and what it tries to bury. With its intimate, multi-voiced approach, the book explores themes of love and rebellion, the persistence of the past, and the fragile ways history lives inside ordinary lives. Hariharan’s distinctive style—tender, incisive, and haunted by possibility—turns recollection into a form of inquiry, revealing the “fugitive” nature of truth as it slips between generations.
Available Editions
paperback
Viking
Published Jan 1, 2009
244 pages
ISBN: 9780670082179
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First Published
2009
Language
eng
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