Niki's determination to complete her dead
father's unfinished book, his life's work, takes
her from India to New York City where her
pursuit of a mysterious immigrant woman turns
into an obsession that begins to imperil her
daughter, her marriage, and, eventually, Niki
herself. When a blizzard blankets NYC, Niki
finds herself on a path where the present and
past collide violently. Propulsive and poetic, this
elegant literary thriller melds the fervour of
Punjab with the frenzy of New York. Spanning
the cataclysms of Partition and 9/11, via the
brutality of Emergency and the pogrom of 1984,
the novel explores the impossible choices
women are forced to make in the face of
violence, the ties that connect them across
ages, and the secrets they store. Interweaving
the epic Mahabharata, the poetry of Bulleh
Shah, and the legend of Heer, The Radiance of
a Thousand Suns is a novel about the mythic
and the intimate, about stories on tapestry and
mobs that recur, about home and love and
history and those heartbreaking moments when
they all come crashing together.
sharon
(sharon)
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