PARCEL
Language: English Publication details: Uttar Pradesh Harper Collins 2016/01/01Edition: 1Description: 256ISBN:- 9789352642625
- F IRA/PA
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Lending | Ernakulam Public Library Fiction | Fiction | F IRA/PA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 2016 Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize Jury | 2018-06-12 | E186844 |
About the Book: The Parcel
The Parcels astonishing heart, soul and unforgettable voice is Madhu-born a boy, but made a eunuch-who has spent most of her life in a close-knit clan of transgender sex workers in Kamathipura, the notorious red-light district of Bombay. This is a dark, devastating, but incandescent novel that promises to be one of the most talked about publications of the year.
About the Author: Anosh Irani
Anosh Irani has published three critically acclaimed and award-winning novels: The Cripple and His Talismans (2004), a national bestseller; The Song of Kahunsha (2006), which was an international bestseller and shortlisted for Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; and Dahanu Road (2010), which was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. His play Bombay Black won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2006), and his anthology The Bombay Plays: The Matka King and Bombay Black was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award. He lives in Vancouver. The author lives in Vancouver, BC.
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