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'Poignant and hard-hitting' - GEETANJALI SHREE, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

A farmer urges the Prime Minister to change the formula for compound interest...

 

A man refuses to make space for another on a train and is beaten to death...

 

A family living in a single room forgets one member even exists...

 

Surreal yet gritty, violent yet poetic - such is the world of Chandan Pandey's fiction. Set deep in the heart of present-day India, The Keeper of Desolation chronicles the warped realities our everyday lives must confront and battle. Immersive and provocative in equal measure, these stories from one of the most powerful voices of our generation make for an arresting record of our times - while transcending time itself.

 

Review

'Sinister and tender, poignant and hard-hitting, the stories in The Keeper of Desolation bring us face to face with the wretched and the affluent, the good and the evil of contemporary Indian society. Sensitive to Chandan Pandey's ever-varying, often whimsical, idioms, tones and styles, Sayari Debnath's translation provides glimpses into his outstanding fiction.' - GEETANJALI SHREE, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

About the Author

Chandan Pandey is the author of four short-story collections and two novels in Hindi. He has been honoured with the Bharatiya Jnanpith's Navlekhan Award, the Vanmali Yuva Katha Samman, the Shabd Chhaap Samman, and is a recipient of the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship. The translation of his acclaimed debut novel, Vaidhanik Galp, was published in English as Legal Fiction in 2021.
 

Sayari Debnath translates from Hindi and Bengali into English. She is a culture journalist at Scrollwhere she writes about books, literary trends and art.
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  • ISBN: 9789356998582
  • Author: Chandan Pandey and Sayari Debnath
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pages: 240
  • Format: Paperback
  • Release Date: 18 April 2024
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'Poignant and hard-hitting' - GEETANJALI SHREE, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

A farmer urges the Prime Minister to change the formula for compound interest...

 

A man refuses to make space for another on a train and is beaten to death...

 

A family living in a single room forgets one member even exists...

 

Surreal yet gritty, violent yet poetic - such is the world of Chandan Pandey's fiction. Set deep in the heart of present-day India, The Keeper of Desolation chronicles the warped realities our everyday lives must confront and battle. Immersive and provocative in equal measure, these stories from one of the most powerful voices of our generation make for an arresting record of our times - while transcending time itself.

 

Review

'Sinister and tender, poignant and hard-hitting, the stories in The Keeper of Desolation bring us face to face with the wretched and the affluent, the good and the evil of contemporary Indian society. Sensitive to Chandan Pandey's ever-varying, often whimsical, idioms, tones and styles, Sayari Debnath's translation provides glimpses into his outstanding fiction.' - GEETANJALI SHREE, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

About the Author

Chandan Pandey is the author of four short-story collections and two novels in Hindi. He has been honoured with the Bharatiya Jnanpith's Navlekhan Award, the Vanmali Yuva Katha Samman, the Shabd Chhaap Samman, and is a recipient of the Krishna Baldev Vaid Fellowship. The translation of his acclaimed debut novel, Vaidhanik Galp, was published in English as Legal Fiction in 2021.
 

Sayari Debnath translates from Hindi and Bengali into English. She is a culture journalist at Scrollwhere she writes about books, literary trends and art.

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