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portada Truth/Untruth
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2022
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.6 x 16.3 x 1.7 cm
Weight
0.38 kg.
ISBN13
9781803090771
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Truth/Untruth

Mahasweta Devi (Author) · Anjum Katyal (Translated by) · Seagull Books · Hardcover

Truth/Untruth - Devi, Mahasweta ; Katyal, Anjum

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Synopsis "Truth/Untruth"

A trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society. Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the pregnant Jamuna--a maid in a newly affluent residential apartment complex--and Arjun, the upwardly mobile businessman who seduced her. Packed with a cast of colorful characters, this novel is a trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at the different segments of Calcutta society: from the middle-class culture vultures to the unscrupulous "promoter" class and the domestic helpers and slum goons who form an intrinsic part of the city's life. All are implicated in a complex web of guilt and bizarre twists and turns. Sex, lies, death--the great modernist themes--run like a thread through this book, exposing societal greed, lust, corruption, and moral hypocrisy with a sardonic tone that spares none. An unusual novel by an author who is otherwise known for her hard-hitting activist-feminist stories, Truth/Untruth underlines the exploitative vicious cycle that defines urban relations between the haves and have-nots.

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