Crow Eaters The & One Part Woman (Set of 2 books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Faredoon (Freddie) Junglewalla is either the jewel of the Parsi community or a murdering scoundrel. Freddie’s mother-in-law Jerbanoo thinks he is planning to do away with her but Freddie has always been a pragmatist if the old woman were to die (be murdered?) the body would have to be placed on the open-roofed Towers of Silence in keeping with custom and that would never do. Insurance fraud and arson however are well within Freddie’s repertoire-in fact he thinks he has invented the idea so advanced is it for India in 1901. As his ‘skills’ grow he becomes a man of consequence among the Parsis with people travelling thousands of miles to see him in Lahore especially if they wish to escape tight spots they have got themselves into. In this wickedly comic novel the celebrated author of Ice-Candy Man takes us into the heart of the Parsi community portraying its varied customs and traits with contagious humor.Kali and Ponna's efforts to conceive a child have been in vain. Hounded by the taunts and insinuations of others all their hopes come to converge on the chariot festival in the temple of Ardhanareeswara the half-female god. Everything hinges on the one night when rules are relaxed and consensual union between any man and woman is sanctioned. This night could end the couple's suffering and humiliation. But it will also put their marriage to the ultimate test. About the Author Perumal Murugan is the star of contemporary Tamil literature. An award-winning writer poet and scholar he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success for his vast array of work. Some of his novels have been translated into English to immense acclaim includingSeasons of the Palm which was shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize in 2005 andOne Part Woman his best-known work which was shortlisted for the Crossword Award and won the prestigious ILF Samanvay Bhasha Samman in 2015.Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a performer writer translator and PhD student in anthropology at the University of Texas Austin. His much-lauded translation of Perumal Murugan'sOne Part Woman has become an award-winning bestseller. He has also translated other works by Perumal Murugan to wide acclaim includingPyre andSongs of a Coward Poems of Exile.