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Black Tongue

Anjana Basu

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Set in contemporary Communist-ruled West Bengal, Black Tongue explores the story of a young servant girl and her employer whom destiny brings together in an intricate dance of love and hate. Street-smart and sassy, 16-year-old Maya has aspirations beyond her means. Then, she disappears. Amrita, Maya's employer and a social worker, is charged wit...h her death. The ubiquitous Party also begins to investiage the murder, a murder that turns out to be nor quite what it seems. Maya believes that her black tongue has wrecked Amrita's beautiful world. Hate simmers in her. Amirta, in a bid to save herself, turns to ex-lover Paresh, the minister's right-hand man. Maya's brother, Naren, a cadre worker, sees an opportunity to make a fast buck in her disappearance. Is this part of a sinister bigger plan? Or are they shielding somebody? Through the novel, Anjana Basu, explores the contradictions that connect middle-class Kolkata and its urban slums with rural West Bengal. As the events unfold, the story looks askance at a strange, but recurrent socio-political phenomenon typical of West Bengal: pre-modern superstition existing in the interstices of an enlightened political apparatus.

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ISBN
9788186939321
Binding
Paperback
Page Extent
301
Weight (kg)
0.3
Height (in)
8
Width (in)
5
Subject
Fiction
Published Date
05/03/07
Publisher
Roli Books

Author

ISBN
9788186939321
Binding
Paperback
Page Extent
301
Weight (kg)
0.3
Height (in)
8
Width (in)
5
Subject
Fiction
Published Date
05/03/07
Publisher
Roli Books