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Caring for his twenty-four-year-old ward, who has broken her leg, middle-aged history professor Shiv Murthy struggles with the feelings that the young woman stirs in him, a situation that is complicated when one of his medieval Indian lessons is challenged by a group of religious extremists. 17,500 first printing.
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Shiv Murthy is a meek, middle-aged professor of history at a college in New Delhi. When Meena, his twenty-four-year-old ward, breaks her leg, she calls on him for help, even though they barely know each other and even though Murthy's wife is visiting their daughter in another city. Coping with Meena's care, struggling with the feeling this intellectual, self-possessed, politically minded, and sexually aware young woman stirs in him, Murthy's life is thrown into even further turmoil when one of his medieval Indian history lessons is challenged by a group of religious extremists. The university responds by giving Murthy the opportunity to apologize publicly. But increasingly in thrall to Meena and influenced by her political convictions, Murthy takes an entirely unexpected plunge into the political world: he defies the university and the fundamentalists, and defies as well his most basic sense of who and what he is.
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In Times of Siege : A Novel
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In Times of Siege : A Novel
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In Times of Siege
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Hardback. Condition: Good. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # 00099109249
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In Times of Siege
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # 00099108854
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In Times of Siege
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # 00099108627
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In Times of Siege
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Hardback. Condition: Good. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # CIN0375422390G
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # CIN0375422390A
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In Times of Siege
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. At 52, Shiv Murthy is a New Delhi professor of history. He leads a mild, unremarkable life until, while his wife is away, things spin out of control. First, the young and passionate daughter of an old friend breaks her leg and moves in with him. Even as he struggles to care for Meena and ignore his increasing attraction to her, a group of religious extremists challenges one of his lessons on medieval India. His instinct is to apologize, but the voice inside his head keeps asking: Do you imagine an ordinary man cannot be a hero? The decision he makes will prompt readers to ask themselves the same question. Seller Inventory # CIN0375422390VG