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WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES
₨ 1,395Based on the unforgettable story of one family determined to survive war-torn Europe
1939. Three generations of the Kurc family strive to live normal lives despite the growing hardships they face as Jews. But as the realities of war rush to meet them, they are cast to the wind and must do everything they can to find their way through a devastated continent to freedom.
Based on an incredible true story that ranges from pre-war Parisian jazz clubs to the desolation of the Siberian gulag, and follows the Kurc family as refugees, prisoners and fighters, We Were the Lucky Ones is a testament to the notion that even in the darkest of times, the human spirit can find a way to survive, and even triumph.
ISBN: 9780749021986
Publisher: ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED
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ONCE BURNT, TWICE SHY
₨ 1,995From the best-selling Karly Lane comes a pitch-perfect story of rural tragedy, old flames reawakened and the meaning of home. A tribute to the Rural Fire Service and the work they selflessly do. ‘There is plenty here to adore … Karly has the wonderful ability to balance the intense landscape and memorable characters with an alluring plotline . engaging the reader with suspense and love. 4.5/5 stars ‘ – Happy Valley Books Read
ISBN: 9781760878504
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN
Subtitle: AN UNMISSABLE STORY OF HOPE, RESILIENCE AND SECOND CHANCES
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DEATH OF A RIVER GUIDE
₨ 2,495From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan’s debut novel, is widely regarded as a classic in Australian literature.
Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears. In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking. As the river rises, his visions grow more turbulent, and in the flood of his past Aljaz discovers the soul history of his country.
ISBN: 9780143790754
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
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FROM MY WOUNDED HEART WITH LOVE
₨ 1,650An open and honest personal narrative on love, amputated breasts, cancer and the loss of a loved one. An empathetic translation of Anja Caspary s book, From My Wounded Heart With Love relates Caspary’s story of navigating the consequences of losing her husband to illness just when she had beaten cancer. Claudia Arnold has done a remarkable job in not only translating the German text but she has also retained every bit of pathos and hope present in Caspary s moving account. Nadeem F. Paracha, Author. Beautifully and poignantly written, Anja Caspary’s From My Wounded Heart With Love chronicles her extraordinary journey as she battles the challenges and torments of cancer. She explores how disease transforms our relationship to the world around us and exquisitely reframes our assumptions about encounters with adversity. Caspary invites the reader into her life through an unvarnished window of intimacy and candor. With evocative language and imagery, she draws out powerful emotions from her experiences, traversing the themes of loss and failure, womanhood, love and fortitude with elegance and force. Translator Claudia Arnold deftly navigates literary and cultural nuances between German and English. She captures the unpredictable rhythms of this brave journey with remarkable linguistic clarity. A work of two masterful artists, this novel brings strength and insight to those who face cancer and those who stand by their side as they do. Naila Mahmood, visual artist, photographer, writer and educator. Anja Caspary tells the uplifting, courageous and inspiring story of how she successfully confronted breast cancer juxtaposed with the compelling story of her love, marriage and the tragic loss of her beloved husband, Hagen. Her journey as a cancer survivor is described with sensitivity covering every phase from diagnosis to fear, confusion, depression, decision-making, treatment and cure. This is not a medical book but a story of love and relationships, an eye-opening, poignant and triumphant tale told with courage, hope and spirituality. The translator, Claudia Arnold, has presented the book in its every nuance in beautiful prose befitting the moving story and conveying succinctly the mood and feelings of the author. She has equal mastery over both German and English. Azra Raza, M.D., Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine, Director, MDS Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
ISBN: 9789697162109
Publisher: LIGHTSTONE PUBLISHERS
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PURDAH AND POLYGAMY: LIFE IN AN INDIAN MUSLIM HOUSEHOLD
₨ 1,295Originally published in 1944 by Hosali Press, Bangalore, this book is believed to be one of the first full-length English language novel by an Indian Muslim woman in the pre-Partition era. It has clear links with the biting criticism in the feminist Urdu fiction of writers such as Ismat Chughtai and Rashid Jahan. It mounts a scathing attack on the traditional systems of purdah and polygamy in which a man is treated as a virtual god and women, who are often barely literate, as chattel. Through its ironic tone, the novel demonstrates the corrupting influence of this patriarchal system and its power to warp the lives of the women who live under it.
For this historically significant work, Jessica Berman of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, has written the Introduction and provided contextual footnotes for the text. Also included are essays by literary critic Muneeza Shamsie (International Advisory Board, Journal of Postcolonial Writing) and academics, Suvir Kaul (University of Pennsylvania) and Arif Zaman (London School of Business and Management).
ISBN: 9780199407569
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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FACTOTUM
₨ 995Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour.
Factotum follows Charles Bukowski’s bestselling Post Office, his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski’s Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years.
Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski and is the author of Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (Random House, 1991)
ISBN: 9780753518151
Publisher: VIRGIN BOOKS
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Author: CHARLES BUKOWSKI
