Age Of Shiva

Author : Manil Suri
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408806789
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Shiva written by Manil Suri and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.

Author : Manil Suri
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393067828
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Shiva: A Novel written by Manil Suri and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-01-12 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A stunning novel, proof that Manil Suri is a major storyteller of heart and intelligence." —Amy Tan The Age of Shiva is at once a powerful story of a country in turmoil and an "unflinchingly honest" portrait of maternal love—"intricately interwoven with the ancient rites and myths" (Booklist) crucial to India's history. Meera, the narrator, is seventeen years old when she catches her first glimpse of Dev, performing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. She wonders if she can steal him away from Roopa, her older, more beautiful sister, who has brought her along to see him. It is only when her son is born that Meera begins to imagine a life of fulfillment. She engulfs him with a love so deep, so overpowering, that she must fear its consequences. Meera's unforgettable story, embodying Shiva as a symbol of religious upheaval, places The Age of Shiva among the most compelling novels to emerge from contemporary India. Reading group guide included.

Author : Manil Suri
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393065695
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Shiva written by Manil Suri and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his debut novel "The Death of Vishnu," Suri returns with a mesmerizing story of modern India richly layered with themes from Hindu mythology.

Author : James Lovegrove
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1849976627
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age of Shiva written by James Lovegrove and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE AGE OF WAR! Zachary Bramwell, better known as the comics artist Zak Zap, is pushing forty and wondering why his life isn’t as exciting as the lives of the superheroes he draws. Then he’s shanghaied by black-suited goons and flown to Mount Meru, a vast complex built atop an island in the Maldives. There, Zak meets a trio of billionaire businessmen who put him to work designing costumes for a team of godlike super-powered beings based on the ten avatars of Vishnu from Hindu mythology. The Ten Avatars battle demons and aliens and seem to be the saviours of a world teetering on collapse. But their presence is itself a harbinger of apocalypse. The Vedic “fourth age” of civilisation, Kali Yuga, is coming to an end, and Zak has a ringside seat for the final, all-out war that threatens the destruction of Earth.

Author : Erin Silver
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459827740
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sitting Shiva written by Erin Silver and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can’t grieve alone. When her friends and family arrive at her house to sit shiva, laden with cakes and stories, she refuses to come downstairs. But the laughter and memories gradually bring her into the fold, where she is comforted by her community. By the end of the book, she feels stronger and more nourished, and she understands the beautiful tradition. Then, when sees her father sitting alone, she is able to comfort him in his time of need. Sitting Shiva is a beautiful, heartfelt story about grief and loss, but also about comfort and community. It shows that no matter what religion you practice, we are all more similar than we are different. A note from the author explains the ritual of sitting shiva, a seven-day period of mourning for the death of a family member observed in Jewish homes.

Author : James Lovegrove
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1849971706
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Zeus written by James Lovegrove and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympians appeared a decade ago, living incarnations of the Ancient Greek gods on a mission to bring permanent order and stability to the world. Resistance has proved futile, and now humankind is under the jackboot of divine oppression. Until former London police officer Sam Akehurst receives an invitation too tempting to turn down: the chance to join a small band of guerrilla rebels armed with high-tech weapons and battlesuits. Calling themselves the Titans, they square off against the Olympians and their ferocious mythological monsters in a war of attrition which some will not survive.

Author : J. H. Brennan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780001847125
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shiva written by J. H. Brennan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cro-Magnon tribe is forced to confront its collective fear of the Neanderthal people they call ogres, when a young girl of the tribe, Shiva, befriends an ogre boy, and when Hiram, a young hunter from the tribe, is captured by ogres.

Author : Manil Suri
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408833255
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Vishnu written by Manil Suri and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling virtuoso debut that eloquently captures the loves and losses of a dying man 'All the elements of great storytelling are here, the mystic transports of Ben Okri with the intimate charm of Arundhati Roy ... enchanting' Sunday Tribune 'Beautifully captures with great tenderness and depth the eternal war between duty and desire. This is a love letter to Bombay and its people' Sunday Express Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, the lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy as his life draws to a close.

Author : Sonalini Chaudhry Dawar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788187108375
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shiva written by Sonalini Chaudhry Dawar and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Lord Shiva is the destroyer of all that is evil in the three worlds of Heaven, Earth and Hell. He forms the Hindu Trinity of gods with Brahma, the creator and Vishnu, the preserver of mankind. This beautifully illustrated book tells the glorious tales of this mighty god - traditional tales from Hindu mythology that are passed on from generation to generation. Read of the fascinating legend of Sati, how Parvati became Lord Shiva's wife, how Shiva came to have a blue throat, why we celebrate the festival of Shivratri and why Ganga was tied up in Shiva's hair.

Author : Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780064409797
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shiva's Fire written by Suzanne Fisher Staples and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art.