Truth / Untruth (Unabridged)
Mahasweta Devi
nov. de 2023 · Seagull Audio · Narração de Swastika Mukherjee e Shubhankar
headphones
Audiolivro
4h2m
Integral
family_home
Qualificado
info
reportAs notas e avaliações não são verificadas Saiba mais
Quer uma amostra de 4m? Você pode ouvir até off-line.
Adicionar
Sobre este audiolivro
A trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society. Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, Truth/Untruth is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the pregnant Jamuna-a maid in a newly affluent residential apartment complex-and Arjun, the upwardly mobile businessman who seduced her. Packed with a cast of colorful characters, this novel is a trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at the different segments of Calcutta society: from the middle-class culture vultures to the unscrupulous 'promoter' class and the domestic helpers and slum goons who form an intrinsic part of the city's life. All are implicated in a complex web of guilt and bizarre twists and turns. Sex, lies, death-the great modernist themes-run like a thread through this book, exposing societal greed, lust, corruption, and moral hypocrisy with a sardonic tone that spares none. An unusual novel by an author who is otherwise known for her hard-hitting activist-feminist stories, Truth/Untruth underlines the exploitative vicious cycle that defines urban relations between the haves and have-nots.
Avaliar este audiolivro
Diga o que você achou
Informações sobre áudio
Smartphones e tablets
Instale o app Google Play Livros para Android e iPad/iPhone. Ele sincroniza automaticamente com sua conta e permite ler on-line ou off-line, o que você preferir.
Laptops e computadores
Você pode ler livros comprados no Google Play usando o navegador da Web de seu computador.
