Main Title:
Pyre / Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2022.
Collation:
xii, 200 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: Gurgaon: Penguin, 2016.
Summary:
Saroja and Kumaresan are young and in love. After meeting in a small southern Indian town, where Kumaresan works at a soda bottling shop, they quickly marry before returning to Kumaresan's family village to build a new life together. But they are harbouring a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in grave peril. Faced with venom from her mother-in-law, and questions from her new neighbours, Saroja tries to adjust to a lonely and uncomfortable life, while Kumaresan struggles to scrape together enough money for them to start over somewhere new. Will their love keep them safe in a hostile world?
ISBN:
9781782278627 (pbk)
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