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037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books,Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bANI/IL
100			_aAnindita Ghose
245			_aILLUMINATED : Novel
250			_a1
260			_aNew Delhi _bFourth Estate _c2021/01/01
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500			_aWhen the light shifts, you see the world differently. A superbly nuanced work of fiction, Anindita Ghoses first novel The Illuminated revolves around two women: Shashi and Tara. After the sudden death of her celebrated husband, Shashi is alarmed to realize that overnight, she has lost her lifes moorings. Meanwhile, their fiercely independent daughter Tara, a Sanskrit scholar, has been drawn into a passionate involvement with an older man, which threatens to consume her in ways she did not imagine possible. Amidst a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in India that is determined to put women in their place, Shashi and Tara attempt to look at themselves, and at each other, in a new light. But is it possible to emerge from an eclipse unscathed? An astonishing feat of the imagination, The Illuminated is as sophisticated in the quality of its prose as it is provocative in its thematic focus on questions of identity. A remarkable novel of ideas, it marks the arrival of a tremendous new literary talent.
650			_aFiction
942			_cLEN
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