Bøger af K R Meera

Translated from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar Jezebel, a young doctor in Kerala, struggles against the cruel realities of a patriarchal world-realities that not even her education, resolve or professional brilliance can shield her from. Her already contentious divorce proceedings go suddenly awry, and her unhappy marriage holds complex secrets. In K.R. Meera's blistering new novel, which takes the form of a courtroom drama to show us the rich inner worlds of its characters, we see Jezebel reflect on her life and its pivotal points as she takes the stand. Through her memories, we see her grow from a reticent, serious young woman to a rebel who refuses to bend to the conventions of society. Like the Biblical story of Queen Jezebel, who was much maligned as a scheming harlot and infamously thrown to her death from her palace window, Jezebel is a novel that asks if independent women can ever live lives that are free of judgement K.R. Meera's hypnotic prose, in this elegant translation from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar, makes resonant allusions to the Bible in powerful ways that elucidate the correlations between legend and the protagonist's life while also exploring how sexuality and gender roles are manipulated by the dictates of society.

WHEN TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD CHETNA GRDDHA MULLICK IS APPOINTED THE FIRST WOMAN EXECUTIONER IN INDIA, ASSISTANT AND SUCCESSOR TO HER FATHER, HER LIFE EXPLODES UNDER THE HARSH LIGHTS OF TELEVISION CAMERAS. WHEN THE DAY OF THE EXECUTION ARRIVES, WILL SHE BRING HERSELF TO TAKE A LIFE? जल्लाद...हा शब्दही अंगावर शहारे आणणारा. स्त्रियांच्या नाजूक स्वभावाकडे पाहता हे काम कुणी स्त्री करू शकेल, याबाबत क्वचितच कुणाला विश्वास बसेल. पण बावीस वर्षीय चेतना मुल्लीक वर जल्लाद या वडिलोपार्जित कामाची जबाबदारी येते. आणि तिचं संपूर्ण आयुष्यचं नवं वळण घेतं. सामाजिक गृहितकांंना धक्का देत वेगळ्या वाटा धुंटाळणारी ही चेतनाची कहाणी अनेक अर्थ्यांनी वाचकांसाठी उत्कंठावर्धक आहे.

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