
Available copies
- 6 of 9 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Summary:
"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely -- a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget"--Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Age Hold Protection | Active/Create Date | Status | Due Date |
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Hood River County Library | FIC MAJUMDAR (Text) | 33892100672865 | Adult New Books | Book | None | 07/17/2020 | Checked out | 03/20/2021 |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525658696
- Physical Description: 293 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. "Read with Jenna"--Jacket. |
Summary, etc.: | "After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely -- a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Railroad accidents > Fiction. Terrorism > Fiction. Social classes > India > Fiction. Political corruption > Fiction. India > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |