Sakina's Kiss
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
15.07.2025
Verlag
McNally EditionsSeitenzahl
192
Maße (L/B/H)
21,3/12,2/2 cm
Gewicht
272 g
Übersetzt von
Srinath Perur
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-961341-29-6
“Not since Kafka has a writer created such terror and tenderness on the same page. Vivek is probably the best writer writing in any language anywhere . . . If you want to read one novel from anywhere in the world, read Sakina’s Kiss.” —Mohammed Hanif
A taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from “an Indian Chekhov” (Suketu Mehta)
Venkat considers himself fortunate: he and his wife Viji lead a comfortable life in Bangalore, successfully navigating work and family in a modernizing India that is still rooted in tradition. One Saturday evening, two strange young men come knocking at their door, claiming to have business with their daughter, Rekha. A college senior, Rekha happens to be away visiting relatives in the countryside, and Venkat sends the boys away. But the next day the boys return, and this time they're not alone. Soon, Venkat and Viji find their quiet life upended—and the seams in their marriage begin to tear open.
Beginning to fear for his daughter’s safety, Venkat is haunted by memories of similar, sinister events from his own youth, culminating in a betrayal and disappearance he’d prefer to forget. As Venkat’s guilt-ridden imagination leaps between knowing and unknowing, evasion and confrontation, Vivek Shanbhag reveals not just the tensions in a marriage or a family, but also a dangerous, encroaching political polarization.
Precise, enigmatic, and suspenseful, Sakina’s Kiss fulfills the promise of Vivek Shanbhag's lauded debut, Ghachar Ghochar, which Parul Sehgal called “A great Indian novel...elegant, lean, balletic” (The New York Times).
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