A Thousand Cuts: An Innocent Question and Deadly Answers (English translation of ATTUPOKATHA ORMAKAL) - Softcover

Joseph, T; K., Nandakumar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014346051X ISBN 13: 9780143460510

Publisher: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

A Thousand Cuts is a harrowing, sobering and ultimately inspiring autobiography of Professor T.J. Joseph, who in 2010 became the victim of a brutal terrorist assault, accused of blasphemy after setting an exam question that enraged fundamentalists. This book is an important reminder of the pernicious effect of religious extremism and the duty of every person to speak out against those who would silence free expression' SHASHI THAROOR

'There is excruciating agony here, but also black humour and irony that enliven and lighten the narrative even at the height of anguish' K. SATCHIDANANDAN

'The poignant tale, with its sense of urgency and helplessness, has been sensitively translated as A Thousand Cuts' RANA SAFVI

In 2010, T.J. Joseph, a professor of Malayalam at Newman College, Kerala, framed an innocuous question for an internal examination that changed his life forever. Following a trumped-up charge of blasphemy, members of a radical Islamist organization set upon him in public, viciously maiming him and chopping off his right hand. His memoir, told with amazing restraint and wry humour, is the moving tale of his life and family as they went through hell and beyond. Here's the extraordinary story of a man who survived dismembering only to be betrayed by his own Church. Let alone stand by him, it robbed him of his livelihood and isolated him from his community, driving Joseph's long-suffering wife to melancholia and eventual suicide. Joseph's story is one of fortitude, will power, forgiveness and compassion, told with rare wit that will make readers chuckle through their tears.
This is a tale that will leave the reader seething, weeping and smiling by turns.

About this title

About the Authors

Prof. T.J. Joseph was born on 22 July 1957 to religious extremism Joseph and Elikutty, and was educated at St Thomas College, Palai, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, and NSS Training College, Changanassery.

Nandakumar K. is a Dubai-based translator.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014346051X
• ISBN 13: 9780143460510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312