Ghost in the Tamarind
A Novel
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27399565M
- ISBN-139780824867225
- ISBN-10082486722X
- OCLC Control Number976166452
- Library of Congress Control Number2017025978
and 1 more
- Amazon082486722X
Classifications
- LCCPS3569.H332614 G48 2017
Description
Who can you love? What do you owe to love and what to the world at large? Such are the questions that drive the story of Ramu, a Brahmin man, and Ponni, a woman of the Dalit "untouchable" caste. Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century South India, the novel takes readers from the 1890s village where Ramu's grandmother grew up to the Emergency years of 1970s Madras. Against this sweeping canvas unfolds the drama of Ramu and Ponni's forbidden love, inescapably intertwined with the great struggle against caste oppression. Caught up in the entanglements of love and politics, the couple risk everything to fight for a better society. Will they succeed? Steeped in history, this memorable inter-caste love story shows ordinary people moved to uncommon courage in their desire to make a difference in a ruthless world. -- Back cover.
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- Ghost in the Tamarind: A Novel
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