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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bAMR/RE
100			_aAmrita Mahale
245			_aREAL LIFE
250			_a1
260			_aHaryana _bHamish Hamilton - Penguin Books _c2025
300			_g359
500			_aIn the remote Mahamaya Valley in the Himalayas, wildlife biologist Tara has vanished. Hunting for answers, Tara’s best friend Mansi sets out to retrace her whereabouts in the days before her disappearance. The prime suspect Bhaskar sits in police custody, his obsession with Tara laid bare, his testimony a labyrinth of contradictions and half-truths. As the investigation deepens, the valley reveals its own mysteries—a backpacker paradise where the timeless and the ephemeral collide, where technology and nature clash, and where a woman’s voice can be silenced in countless ways. Rendered in exquisite prose, Real Life is a gripping mystery that transforms into a masterful exploration of love and loss, visibility and erasure, AI and surveillance and the never-ending tussle between individual desires and societal demands. In an age of surveillance and enforced conformity, what does it mean for a woman to seek a more authentic, real existence?
650			_aFiction
650			_aNovel
650			_aA Haunting Literary Mystery Set In The Himalayas
650			_aA Story Of Obsession, Silence And Control
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