Truth/Untruth

"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."--

About the author

Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016) was one of India's foremost literary figures and social activists. Anjum Katyal is a writer, editor, translator, and critic. She is the author of Habib Tanvir and Badal Sircar.

Product details

• Authors: Mahasweta Devi, Anjum Katyal
• Assisted by: Anjum Katyal (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2023
• EAN: 9781803090771
• ISBN: 978-1-80309-077-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 239 mm x 161 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 388 g
• Series: THE INDIA LIST
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies