Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 0-14-029320-5 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0140293203 |
No of pages | 357 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Published Date | 12 Jun 2015 |
Anita Nair is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the novels The Better Man, Ladies Coupé, Mistress, Lessons in Forgetting, Idris:
Keeper of the Light and Alphabet Soup for Lovers. She has also authored a crime series featuring Inspector Gowda.
Anita Nair’s other books include a collection of poems titled Malabar Mind, a collection of essays titled Goodnight & God Bless and six books for children.
Anita Nair has also written two plays and the screenplay for the movie adaptation of her novel Lessons in Forgetting which was part of the Indian Panorama at IFFI 2012 and won the National Film Award in 2013.
Among other awards, she was also given the Central Sahitya Akademie award and the Crossword Prize. Her books have been translated into over thirty one languages around the world. She is also the founder of the creative writing and mentorship program Anita’s Attic.
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Mukundan, a middle-aged bachelor, is forced to return to his native Kakuros’, a sleepy village in Kerala. Determined to conquer old ghosts, Mukundan decides to restore his childhood home and hires One-Screw-Loose Bhai, an outcast painter, to oversee the renovations. A practitioner of a unique style of healing, Bhai is intrigued by Mukundan's unhappiness and sets about mending his troubled friend. But the durability of Musudan’s transformation into a better man is soon called into question.