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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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