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De Hindoe-goden Reeks

Deze serie duikt in het rijke tapijt van de hindoeïstische mythologie, verweven met de levendige polsslag van het Indiase leven. Met een mix van humor, kleur en scherpe observatie vangt het de geest van India, waarbij menselijke drama's worden verweven met goddelijke verhalen. Ontdek thema's als reïncarnatie, de zoektocht naar zingeving en de complexiteit van relaties, allemaal tegen een achtergrond waar het buitengewone het alledaagse ontmoet. Deze verhalen bieden een uniek perspectief op het bestaan, waar goden en stervelingen hetzelfde podium delen.

The City of Devi
The Age of Shiva
The Death of Vishnu

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    The Death of Vishnu

    • 329bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
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    “Enchanting. . . . Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence.”—TimeIn Manil Suri’s debut novel, Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.

    The Death of Vishnu
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    The Age of Shiva

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    India, 1955- as the scars of Partition are just 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.

    The Age of Shiva
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    The City of Devi

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    Armed only with a pomegranate, Sarita ventures into the empty streets of Mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclear annihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband Karun, who has been missing for over a fortnight. She is soon joined on her quest by Jaz - cocky, handsome, Muslim, gay, and in search of his own lover. Together they traverse the surreal landscape of a dystopia rife with absurdity, and are inexorably drawn to the patron goddess Devi ma, the supposed saviour of the city. Groundbreaking and multilayered, The City of Devi is a fearlessly provocative tale of three individuals balancing on the sharp edge of fate.

    The City of Devi