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Zusatztext From the first beautiful and terrifying pages I couldn't put Moth down . The assurance of tone, the loving faithfulness to the complexity of family dynamics and female experience , the celebration of humanity and resilience amid the horrors of Partition all make for one of the most immersive reading experiences I can remember. I loved this book . Informationen zum Autor Melody Razak is British Iranian writer from London, with an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck. She has had short stories published in the Mechanics Institute Review, the Bath Short Story Anthology and the Brick Lane Short Story Prize. Previous to writing, she owned treacle&co, a cafe in Brighton and more recently worked in the kitchens of Honey&Co in London as a pastry chef. She is currently living in Brighton. MOTH is her debut novel. Klappentext Delhi, 1946, Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals and both teach at Delhi University, Their fourteen year-old daughter, Alma, is soon to be married to a fair-haired boy who is training to be a doctor: Alma is mostly interested in the wedding shoes, Ma and Bappu are uneasy about their clever daughter marrying so young, but political unrest is brewing and times are bad for girls in India, Alma adores her naughty younger sister Roop, who is obsessed with death and spends most of her time torturing insects, When Partition happens, this wonderful family - whom we have come to love and adore - is torn apart and it's hard to bear, But the resilience of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing, Vorwort The powerful story of a family in Delhi living through the heartbreak of Partition. Zusammenfassung Observer 's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021 Harper's Bazaar 's 'Five Debut Female Authors to Read This Summer' 'Powerful and heartbreaking' Observer 'Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared lives' The Times 'Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak's debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi... The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them' Independent 'Assured and powerful' Harper's Bazaar 'One of the best debuts I've ever read. It made my heart swell' Sarah Winman, author of Tin Man and Still Life 'A stunning, powerful work by a brave new voice in British fiction' Anna Hope, author of Expectation 'Powerful and moving... Every character springs from the page' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures Delhi, 1946 Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter - precocious, headstrong Alma - is soon to be married: Alma is mostly interested in the wedding shoes and in spinning wild stories for her beloved younger sister Roop , a restless child obsessed with death. Times are bad for girls in India. The long-awaited independence from British rule is heralding a new era of hope, but also of anger and distrust. Political unrest is brewing, threatening to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi - a city where different cultures, religions and traditions have co-existed for centuries. When Partition happens and the British Raj is fractured overnight, this wonderful family is violently torn apart, and its members are forced to find increasingly desperate ways to survive. But the resilience of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing... MEET THE FAMILY AT THE...
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Powerful and heartbreaking... The book's primary and unflinching focus is the female members of the household: Ma, her daughters Alma and Roop, among others, all drawn with such skill and love that they remain with you long after the final sentence. OBSERVER (Ten Debut Novelists of 2021)
