The Crow Eaters - Softcover

K.N. Panikkar

3.77

1,580 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140148124 ISBN 13: 9780140148121

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

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Freddie's mother-in-law, Jerbanoo, thinks he is planning to do away with her, but Freddie has always been a pragmatist: if the old woman were to die (be murdered?) the body would have to be placed on the open-roofed Towers of Silence, in Keeping with custom, and that would never do.

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A novel of immense charm and exuberance... Sidhwa consistently imparts the magic and colour of India even in its most down-to-earth aspects. --The Times

Bapsi Sidhwa s voice comic, serious, subtle, always sprightly is an important one to hear. --Salman Rushdie

An excellent novel... The author is a born storyteller. --New Statesman

About the Author:

Bapsi Sidhwa was born in Karachi in 1938 to Parsi parents, and raised in Lahore. She is the author of several novels including An American Brat, Ice-Candy Man, and Water. In 1991 she received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest honour in the arts.

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