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Son of the Thundercloud

2016-12-08 Fiction
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Release : 2016-12-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 143/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Son of the Thundercloud by : Easterine Kire

Download or read book Son of the Thundercloud written by Easterine Kire. This book was released on 2016-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After losing all his family in a terrible famine, a man leaves his village with just the clothes on his back, never once looking back. For endless miles he walks through a landscape as desolate as his heart. Until two ancient women who have waited for rain for four hundred years lead him to the Village of Weavers where a prophecy will be fulfilled. A single drop of rain will impregnate the tiger-widow and her son will slay the spirit-tiger. The traveller will help the woman bring up the boy. He will witness miracles and tragedy and come close to finding a home again. And he will learn that love and life are eternal. In her new novel, Easterine Kire, winner of the Hindu Prize, combines lyrical storytelling with the magic and wisdom of Naga legends to produce an unforgettable, life-affirming fable.

A Terrible Matriarchy

2007-12-01 Family & Relationships
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Release : 2007-12-01
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 881/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Terrible Matriarchy by : Easterine Kire

Download or read book A Terrible Matriarchy written by Easterine Kire. This book was released on 2007-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I was the youngest in a family of five children. I sometimes felt I was an afterthought, and maybe Father and Mother didn’t quite know what to do with me. Also, because I was a girl after four boys they never seemed to be sure whether to buy me girls’ clothing or let me wear leftover boys’ clothing.” Young Dielieno is five years old when she is sent off to live with her disciplinarian grandmother who wants her to grow up to be a good Naga wife and mother. According to Grandmother, girls didn’t need an education, they didn’t need love and affection or time to play or even a good piece of meat with their gravy! Naturally Dielieno hates her with a vengeance. This is the evocative tale of a young girl growing up in a traditional society in India’s Northeast, which is in the midst of tremendous change. Easterine Kire writes about a place and a people that she knows well and is a part of and brings to the storytelling a lyrical beauty which can on occasion chill the reader with its realistic portrayals of the spirits of the dead that inhabit the quiet hills and valleys of Nagaland.

When the River Sleeps

2014-11-05 Fiction
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Release : 2014-11-05
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 055/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis When the River Sleeps by : Easterine Kire

Download or read book When the River Sleeps written by Easterine Kire. This book was released on 2014-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lone hunter, Vilie, sets out to find the river of his dreams: to wrest from its sleeping waters a stone that will give him untold power. It is a dangerous quest, for not only must he overcome unquiet spirits, vengeful sorceresses and daemons of the forest, there are men – armed with guns – on his trail. Easterine Kire’s novel transports the reader to the remote mountains of Nagaland, a place alive with natural wonder and supernatural enchantment. As Vilie treks through the forest on the trail of his dream, we are also swept along in this powerful narrative and walk alongside him in a world where the spirits are every bit as real as men and women, and where danger – or salvation – lies at every turn. Kire’s powerful narrative invites us into the lives and hearts of the people of Nagaland: the rituals and beliefs, their reverence for the land, their close-knit communities – the rhythms of a life lived in harmony with their natural surroundings. It is against this spellbinding backdrop that Kire tells the story of a solitary man driven by the mysterious pull of a dream, who must overcome weretigers and malignant widow-spirits in the search for his heart’s desire. Published by Zubaan.

Sky is My Father

2018 Khonoma (India)
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Release : 2018
Genre : Khonoma (India)
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Book Rating : 447/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sky is My Father by : Easterine Kire

Download or read book Sky is My Father written by Easterine Kire. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bitter Wormwood

2012-06-25 Fiction
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Release : 2012-06-25
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 468/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Bitter Wormwood by : Easterine Kire

Download or read book Bitter Wormwood written by Easterine Kire. This book was released on 2012-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohima, 2007. A young man has been gunned down in cold blood—the latest casualty in the conflict that has scarred the landscape and brutalized the people of Nagaland. Easterine Kire’s novel traces the story of one man’s life, from 1937 to the present day. The small incidents of Mose’s childhood, his family, the routines and rituals of traditional village life paint an evocative picture of a peaceful way of life, now long-vanished. The coming of a radio into Mose’s family’s house marks the beginning of the changes that would connect them to the wider world. They learn of partition, independence, a land called America. Mose and his friends become involved in the Naga struggle for Independence, and are caught in a maelstrom of violence that ends up ripping communities apart. The herb, bitter wormwood, was traditionally believed to keep bad spirits away. For the Nagas, facing violent struggle all around, it becomes a powerful talisman: “We sure could do with some of that old magic now.” Bitter Wormwood gives a poignant insight into the human cost behind the political headlines from one of India’s most beautiful and misunderstood regions. “Once opened [the book is] tough to close, so congenial are the leading characters and so riveting the events in their lives.” —Cairns Media Magazine Published by Zubaan.

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