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 aThousand 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.The Radiance of a Thousand Suns is a literary thriller set between India and New York City,
bringing to life the hitherto ignored stories of women who lived through the Partition, the
Emergency, the pogrom of 1984 and 9/11
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AUTHOR BIO :Manreet Sodhi Someshwar is an
award-winning writer of four books,
including the critically-acclaimed The
Long Walk Home.