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7504288Sakinas Kisshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/sakinas-kiss-9781961341302/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7112598/image.jpg?v=638821681312000000190232MXNMcNally EditionsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from an Indian Chekhov (Suketu Mehta)</strong></p><p>An upper-middle class couple in Bangalore, Venkat and Viji, find their quiet life upendedand the flaws in their marriage exposedwhen two strange young men come knocking at their door in the middle of the night, claiming to have business with their daughter, Rekha, a college senior who happens to be visiting relatives in the countryside. Venkata narrator whose account of his marriage, and of the lives of his wife and daughter, we soon learn to doubtsends the boys away, but they come back the next day, and now theyre not alone.</p><p>While Venkat begins to fear for his daughters safety, he is haunted by the memory of a betrayal and disappearance from long ago. As his guilt-ridden imagination leaps between knowing and unknowing, evasion and confrontation, Shanbhag reveals not just the tensions in a marriage or a family, but also the polarization of Indian politics and the resurgence of the Hindu right.</p><p>Precise, enigmatic, and suspenseful, <em>Sakinas Kiss</em> fulfills the promise of Vivek Shanbhags lauded debut, <em>Ghachar Ghochar, which Parul Seghal called A great Indian novel . . . elegant, lean, balletic (The New York Times).</em></p>...7125694Sakinas Kiss190232https://www.gandhi.com.mx/sakinas-kiss-9781961341302/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7112598/image.jpg?v=638821681312000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781961341302_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_<p><strong>A taut story of hidden violence and self-deception from an Indian Chekhov (Suketu Mehta)</strong></p><p>An upper-middle class couple in Bangalore, Venkat and Viji, find their quiet life upendedand the flaws in their marriage exposedwhen two strange young men come knocking at their door in the middle of the night, claiming to have business with their daughter, Rekha, a college senior who happens to be visiting relatives in the countryside. Venkata narrator whose account of his marriage, and of the lives of his wife and daughter, we soon learn to doubtsends the boys away, but they come back the next day, and now theyre not alone.</p><p>While Venkat begins to fear for his daughters safety, he is haunted by the memory of a betrayal and disappearance from long ago. As his guilt-ridden imagination leaps between knowing and unknowing, evasion and confrontation, Shanbhag reveals not just the tensions in a marriage or a family, but also the polarization of Indian politics and the resurgence of the Hindu right.</p><p>Precise, enigmatic, and suspenseful, <em>Sakinas Kiss</em> fulfills the promise of Vivek Shanbhags lauded debut, <em>Ghachar Ghochar, which Parul Seghal called A great Indian novel . . . elegant, lean, balletic (The New York Times).</em></p>...9781961341302_McNally Editionslibro_electonico_9781961341302_9781961341302Vivek ShanbhagInglésMéxico2025-06-03T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-13481f72-10f4-472f-a310-f7895af2caba.epub2025-07-15T00:00:00+00:00McNally Editions