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Author:

Perumāḷmurukan̲, author.

Title:

Pyre / Perumal Murugan ; translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.

Publisher:

Black Cat,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

202 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Newlyweds--Fiction.
Caste-based discrimination--Fiction.
Social classes--India--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Other Authors:

Aniruddhan Vasudevan, translator.

Notes:

"First published in Tamil as Pookkuzhi by Kalachuvadu Publication Pvt. Ltd, Nagercoil in 2013"--Title page verso "English translation copyright © 2016 by Aniruddhan Vasudevan"--Title page verso

Summary:

Saroja and Kumaresan, a young married couple, return to Kumaresan's family village where they hope to build a happy life. But they have a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in danger. Will they--and their marriage--survive?

ISBN:

9780802159335
0802159338

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1260664068

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)