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COUNTRY
OF GOODBYES
Mridula Garg
Translated by Manisha Chaudhry
Rs 250 Pb 2003
81-86706-62-3
(All rights available)
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Four women. One man.
Five stories that interweave, overlap, cross over
and come together as the characters speak their
lives to the reader and to each other. Five characters
in search of themselves in different contexts, trying
to connect across a chasm of loneliness and disappointment.
Mridula Garg’s original Hindi novel, Kathgulab,
available in English for the first time, seethes
with disquiet. No permanent solutions, no abiding
relationships, just the seeking self. Hailed as
a work of extraordinary power and vigour when it
was published,
Country of Goodbyes
is unrelenting in its probing, astringent in its
delineation of women trying to break free. Unusual
and gripping.
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MRIDULA
GARG
has published
16 books, including novels, short story collections,
plays and essays. In 2001 she won the Hammett-
Hellman award for courageous writing given
by Human Rights Watch, New York.
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MANISHA
CHAUDHRY
works
as a consultant on gender issues, media and
education. |
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