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Truth / Untruth
Mahasweta Devi
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A trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society. Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the pregnant Jamuna?a maid in a newly affluent residential apartment complex?and Arjun, the upwardly mobile businessman who seduced her. Packed with a cast of colorful characters, this novel is a trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at the different segments of Calcutta society: from the middle-class culture vultures to the unscrupulous ?promoter? class and the domestic helpers and slum goons who form an intrinsic part of the city?s life. All are implicated in a complex web of guilt and bizarre twists and turns. Sex, lies, death?the great modernist themes?run like a thread through this book, exposing societal greed, lust, corruption, and moral hypocrisy with a sardonic tone that spares none. An unusual novel by an author who is otherwise known for her hard-hitting activist-feminist stories, Truth/Untruth underlines the exploitative vicious cycle that defines urban relations between the haves and have-nots.
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| Author | Mahasweta Devi |
| Publisher | Seagull Books |
| Language | English |
| Binding Type | Paper Back |
| Fiction | Classic |
| ISBN13 | 9781803090771 |
| SKU | BK 0150029 |
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