A Burning
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020]
Format: Large Print
Edition: First Large Print edition.
Description: 431 pages (large print) ; 21 cm
"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Muslim women -- Fiction.
Railroad accidents -- Fiction.
Social media -- Fiction.
Terrorism -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Muslim women -- Fiction.
Railroad accidents -- Fiction.
Social media -- Fiction.
Terrorism -- Fiction.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9780593214763
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Majumdar | Sandhills Indoors | Large Print Fiction | In |