India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747596394
Number of pages: 464
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm
'Suri reveals an immense humanity and tenderness drawn by this compelling narrative, I read this marvelous book in one sitting' Kiran Desai 'Like Anna Karenina, The Age of Shiva is both intimate and epic a majestic story about love and its unexpected consequences' Amy Tan 'The Age of Shiva takes the raw, bright colours of the real India and softens them with a tender humanity borrowed from the mythology of a more ancient past' Independent on Sunday 'Captivating The Age of Shiva affirms Suri's position as a writer worth serious attention' New York Times
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