Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 8172236743 |
ISBN-13 | 978-81-7223-674-8 |
No of pages | 261 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Harper Collins Publishers |
Published Date | 24 Dec 2008 |
Amrita Kumar is an anthologist, novelist, writing-mentor and creative writing teacher. She began her career in the go downs of Daryanani to select books for a chain of bookshops, moving on as research writer for the Department of Culture, Government of India, then on to publishing as an editor for various publishing houses.
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provocative work of fiction that explores the fragile nature of Indian secularism and the constant threat to it from fundamentalists of all faiths A brilliant first novel about old age, dysfunctional relationships and the disorientation of beliefs, Damage is the story of Beatrice, a fanatical Indian Christian missionary and Gudas, her youngest daughter, a missionary-hater, separated from her husband and therefore doomed to be the one out of four sisters to return home to look after an ailing mother.
With a shrilly evangelical mother, a broken marriage and sisters who suspect she is around only to usurp the family property, Gudas is already insecure when a new government comes to power in New Delhi at whose behest Christians are brutally attacked all over India. Gudas is caught between her dislike for her kin and a growing sense of kinship with the community and faith she has for so long ignored.
Amrita Lila Kumar has been editor-in-chief, Roil Books, associate editor, Penguin Books India, managing editor, Encyclopedia Britannica, and freelance editor with Rupa & Co. and HarperCollins. She is currently senior editor with Ossian’s literary agency in New Delhi. This is her first novel.