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The Age of Shiva

2009-08-17 Fiction
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Release : 2009-08-17
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Age of Shiva by : Manil Suri

Download or read book The Age of Shiva written by Manil Suri. This book was released on 2009-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.

Age of Shiva

2014-03-26 Fiction
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Release : 2014-03-26
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Age of Shiva by : James Lovegrove

Download or read book Age of Shiva written by James Lovegrove. This book was released on 2014-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE AGE OF WAR! Zachary Bramwell, better known as the comics artist Zak Zap, is pushing forty and wondering why his life isn’t as exciting as the lives of the superheroes he draws. Then he’s shanghaied by black-suited goons and flown to Mount Meru, a vast complex built atop an island in the Maldives. There, Zak meets a trio of billionaire businessmen who put him to work designing costumes for a team of godlike super-powered beings based on the ten avatars of Vishnu from Hindu mythology. The Ten Avatars battle demons and aliens and seem to be the saviours of a world teetering on collapse. But their presence is itself a harbinger of apocalypse. The Vedic “fourth age” of civilisation, Kali Yuga, is coming to an end, and Zak has a ringside seat for the final, all-out war that threatens the destruction of Earth.

The City of Devi

2014-02-26 Fiction
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Release : 2014-02-26
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 93X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The City of Devi by : Manil Suri

Download or read book The City of Devi written by Manil Suri. This book was released on 2014-02-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed only with a pomegranate, Sarita ventures into the empty streets of Mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclear annihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband Karun, who has been missing for over a fortnight. She is soon joined on her quest by Jaz - cocky, handsome, Muslim, gay, and in search of his own lover. Together they traverse the surreal landscape of a dystopia rife with absurdity, and are inexorably drawn to the patron goddess Devi ma, the supposed saviour of the city. Groundbreaking and multilayered, The City of Devi is a fearlessly provocative tale of three individuals balancing on the sharp edge of fate.

The Death of Vishnu

2012-05-07 Fiction
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Release : 2012-05-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 255/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Death of Vishnu by : Manil Suri

Download or read book The Death of Vishnu written by Manil Suri. This book was released on 2012-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling virtuoso debut that eloquently captures the loves and losses of a dying man 'All the elements of great storytelling are here, the mystic transports of Ben Okri with the intimate charm of Arundhati Roy ... enchanting' Sunday Tribune 'Beautifully captures with great tenderness and depth the eternal war between duty and desire. This is a love letter to Bombay and its people' Sunday Express Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, the lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy as his life draws to a close.

The Age of Shiva: A Novel

2009-01-12 Fiction
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Release : 2009-01-12
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 828/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Age of Shiva: A Novel by : Manil Suri

Download or read book The Age of Shiva: A Novel written by Manil Suri. This book was released on 2009-01-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A stunning novel, proof that Manil Suri is a major storyteller of heart and intelligence." —Amy Tan The Age of Shiva is at once a powerful story of a country in turmoil and an "unflinchingly honest" portrait of maternal love—"intricately interwoven with the ancient rites and myths" (Booklist) crucial to India's history. Meera, the narrator, is seventeen years old when she catches her first glimpse of Dev, performing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. She wonders if she can steal him away from Roopa, her older, more beautiful sister, who has brought her along to see him. It is only when her son is born that Meera begins to imagine a life of fulfillment. She engulfs him with a love so deep, so overpowering, that she must fear its consequences. Meera's unforgettable story, embodying Shiva as a symbol of religious upheaval, places The Age of Shiva among the most compelling novels to emerge from contemporary India. Reading group guide included.

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