Geetanjali Shree tells us the importance of a global worldview in literature.
Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree won the International Booker Prize in 2022. She is the author of three novels and several story collections, and her work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian and Korean
Shree was born in Mainpuri, India, in 1957. Tomb of Sand is the first of her books to be published in the UK. She has received and been shortlisted for a number of awards and fellowships, and currently lives in New Delhi.
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I represent a language and culture and this recognition brings into larger purview the entire world of Hindi literature in particular and Indian literature as a whole
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‘This is a luminous novel of India and partition, but one whose spellbinding brio and fierce compassion weaves youth and age, male and female, family and nation into a kaleidoscopic whole
Tomb of Sand
Winner of The International Booker Prize 2022
- Translated by
- Daisy Rockwell
- Published by
- Tilted Axis Press
An urgent yet engaging protest against the destructive impact of borders, whether between religions, countries or genders
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