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portada the sound of water (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.7 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm
Weight
0.25 kg.
ISBN
1416585699
ISBN13
9781416585695

the sound of water (in English)

Sanjay Bahadur (Author) · Atria Books · Paperback

the sound of water (in English) - Bahadur, Sanjay

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Synopsis "the sound of water (in English)"

Longlisted for the 2007 Man Asian Prize, a gripping debut novel about an Indian mining disaster as seen from the perspectives of the miners, their families, and the officials charged with rescuing them. Written by a former director of the Indian Ministry of Coal, and loosely based on the disastrous flood at the Bagdihi colliery in 2001, which trapped and killed dozens of miners, The Sound of Water is written with both an insider's authority and rare literary style. Its suspenseful narrative is presented from three perspectives: The old miner struggling to save himself and his coworkers hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth; the company and government officials charged with managing the rescue efforts, but who are seemingly far more concerned with managing their careers; and, finally, the miners' families, who stand to gain life-changing sums as a consequence of their losses. A searing fictional exposé of the appalling conditions that Indian miners endure and a moving story of the spiritual strength and conviction that enables one to survive against the odds, The Sound of Water dares to inaugurate "alternate realism," a fresh genre very different from the soul-baring autobiographies and epic family sagas that have characterized so much of recent Indian fiction.

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