EAN: 9780593081259

A BURNING - MEGHA MAJUMDAR KARTONIERT (TB)

After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead  the fates of three people become
inextricably entangled. Jivan  a bright  striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of
poverty  is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook.
PT Sir  a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school  has hitched his aspirations to
a rising right wing party  and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall.
Lovely  a spirited  impoverished  relentlessly optimistic hjira  who harbors dreams of becoming
a Bollywood star  can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court
will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel
about fate  power  opportunity  and class  about innocence and guilt  betrayal and love  and
the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a
debut novel of exceptional power and urgency  haunting and beautiful  brutal  vibrant 
impossible to forget.

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