Author |
Manil Suri |
Language |
English |
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Book |
Book No |
B1154675 |
Location |
IN-R1S6 |
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About the the city of devi a dystopia like no other, manil sun i paints a vibrant portrait of an india on the brink of collapse, two figures travelling across the unknown in a world scarily close to the modern day. Armed only with a pomegranate, santa ventures into the emptystreets of mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclearannihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband karun, whohas been missing for over a fortnight. She is soon joined on herquest by jaz cocky, handsome, muslim, gay, and in search of his ownlover. Together they traverse the surreal landscape of a dystopia rifewith absurdity, and are inexorably drawn to the patron goddess devima, the supposed saviour of the city. Groundbreaking andmultilayered, the city of devi is a fearlessly provocative tale ofthree individuals balancing on the sharp edge of fate. About the manil suri author biography manil suri i was born in bombay in 1959 and isa professor of mathematics at the university of maryland, balt Show more