A burning : a novel / Megha Majumdar.
For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise--to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies--and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party, and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely--an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor--has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear.Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting. Majumdar writes with dazzling assurance at a breakneck pace on complex themes that read here as the components of a thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism. An extraordinary debut.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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593212103
- ISBN: 059321210X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (07 hr., 25 min., 32 sec.))
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Audio, 2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Priya Ayyar, Vikas Adam, Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah, Deepti Gupta and Ulka Mohanty. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed June 8, 2020). |
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Subject: | Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Muslim women > Fiction. Railroad accidents > Fiction. Social media > Fiction. Terrorism > Fiction. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |