Tomb of Sand (Double signed)

Geetanjali Shree And Translated By Daisy Rockwell

ISBN 10: 1911284614 / ISBN 13: 9781911284611

Published by Tilted Axis Press, 2021

About this Item

Signed by Author(s) A rare double signed copy of this multi-award winning book. The book is in fine condition and signed by both the author and the translator to the titlepage. This is a 2nd printing of the First UK edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1657713296564

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tomb of Sand (Double signed)

Publisher: Tilted Axis Press

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Signed: ISigned by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention - including striking up a friendship with a hijra person - confuses her bohemian daughter, who is USed to thinking of herself as the more 'modern' of the two.

At the older woman's insistence they travel back to Pakistan, simultaneously confronting the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and re-evaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, a feminist.

Rather than respond to tragedy with seriousness, Geetanjali Shree's playful tone and exuberant wordplay results in a book that is engaging, funny, and utterly original, at the same time as being an urgent and timely protest against the destructive impact of borders and boundaries, whether between religions, countries, or genders.

About the Authors:

Geetanjali Shree is the author of five novels and five short story collections. Her work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian, and some Indian languages. She has received and been shortlisted for a number of national and international awards and fellowships, including the 2022 International Booker Prize. She lives in New Delhi.

Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer and translator living in the US. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's 'Falling Walls', Bhisham Sahni's 'Tamas', and Khadija Mastur's 'The Women's Courtyard'. Her 2019 translation of Krishna Sobti's 'A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There' was awarded the Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Translation Prize. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.