📗 Libro en inglés TAMAS

A poignant and politically charged novel about the 1947 Partition translated by Booker Prize winning translator Daisy RockwellTamas Bhisham Sahni s 1973 novel is a product of the Partition s devastation It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking retelling of Partition and its bloody aftermath Tamas is a story about how simmering communal tensions snowball into full fledged riots that grip villages across the subcontinent In a city in undivided Punjab Nathu a tanner is bribed to kill a pig When the animal s carcass is discovered on the steps of the local mosque the next morning brewing tensions explode into riots and massacre A seemingly well planned and executed job by the British plants seeds of mistrust and hatred among those who until the day before had been close friends and neighbours Tamas is a chilling reminder of the consequences of religious intolerance and communal prejudice