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Tomb of Sand

Written by: Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell - translator
Narrated by: Mala Mangla
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 In northern India, an eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband, and then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention – including striking up a friendship with a transgender person – confuses her bohemian daughter, who is used to thinking of herself as the more ‘modern’ of the two.To her family’s consternation, Ma insists on travelling to Pakistan, simultaneously confronting the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and re-evaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, a feminist.Rather than respond to tragedy with seriousness, Geetanjali Shree’s playful tone and exuberant wordplay results in a book that is engaging, funny, and utterly original, at the same time as being an urgent and timely protest against the destructive impact of borders and boundaries, whether between religions, countries, or genders. Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Women's Fiction World Literature
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The story is outstanding and the translation is equally good. The narrator has done an excellent job of keeping the listener glued in to the audiobook. Thank you, Mala Mangala, now I am looking for more books that you have narrated.

The story

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I chose this book as i was curious after all the award publicity. It took a little time to get fully immersed into the lives of amma and beti but this story has some beautifully intricate details which I really enjoyed. The meanderings and different perspectives are what makes the storyteling interesting. Loved the narration!

Excellent narration brings it beautifully alive

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While I did enjoy this book a lot it makes you laugh adn cry and go quiet, the story does meanders a lot this and that way, like the crows and sarees, the cricketers and flower gardens. The author writes for herself more it seems and that's what makes is enjoyable for me.

Quite Poetic

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A Story that is only three to four hours of audio translation has been unnecessarily stretched to 19 hours. In the meantime, readers or listeners often lose the interest of the story as well. The first five to six hours are of no use and clearly time pass and could have avoided.What I somehow felt capturing attention was only the last 05 hours of the audio translation.Unlike modern stories, this one was struggling to keep the readers or listeners stay till end of the story.I have felt many time to quit and start another one.

Loss of 13-14 Hrs out of total 19 Hrs.

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This is such a wonderful story, but it is so badly read that it really kills the joy in it. Breaks my heart!

Very bad narration

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