A burning, Megha Majumdar
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A burning, Megha Majumdar
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A burning
Responsibility statement
Megha Majumdar
Summary
Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting. Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely - an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humour - has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Majumdar writes with dazzling assurance at a breakneck pace on complex themes that read here as the components of a thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism. An extraordinary debut
Target audience
adult
Creator
Subject
- Social problem fiction
- Political fiction
- Muslim women -- India -- Fiction
- Social classes -- India -- Fiction
- Social media -- India -- Fiction
- Terrorism -- India -- Fiction
- Corruption -- India -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Bombings -- India -- Fiction
- Gender identity -- India -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Transgender fiction
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject12
- Social problem fiction
- Political fiction
- Muslim women -- India -- Fiction
- Social classes -- India -- Fiction
- Social media -- India -- Fiction
- Terrorism -- India -- Fiction
- Corruption -- India -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Bombings -- India -- Fiction
- Gender identity -- India -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Transgender fiction
- Content1
- Author1