In this sensitive portrayal of human nature, Anita Desai, one of Indias foremost writers, paints an intimate portrait of lives impacted by the quest for identity and purpose. Deven, a Hindi lecturer in small-town Mirpore, lives a humdrum existence. A chance to interview NurIndias greatest living Urdu poetoffers him an escape from his dreary life. But the Nur he meets is an enfeebled man, surrounded by clashing wives and preying sycophants. Devens decision to be the custodian of Nurs verse gives birth to an unusual alliance between the two. Stimulating and thought provoking, In Custody is a brilliant parable lamenting the gradual corrosion of culture and tradition in the face of modernity, and a dazzling study of the complexity of human relationships.
Publisher.: | Penguin Random House India |
ISBN: | 9788184000139 |
Author.: | Anita Desai |
Sub Category: | Fiction |
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