The Age of Shiva

India, 1955: as the scars of Partition are just beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured by Dev, who sings a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But it does not lead to a fairy-tale marriage. Dev's family is steeped in orthodoxy. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken fumblings and observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts. A move to Bombay, so that Dev can chase his dream of success as a Bollywood singer, seems like a fresh start, but soon that dream - and their marriage - turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change. For the first time, Meera feels ready to shape her own destiny, to take control of her world.

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'Suri reveals an immense humanity and tenderness ... drawn by this compelling narrative, I read this marvelous book in one sitting' Kiran Desai

Product details

• Authors: Manil Suri, Suri Manil
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.03.2009
• EAN: 9780747598930
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9893-0
• No. of pages: 453
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Indien : Belletristik (Romane, Erzählungen), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary