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KARNO?S DAUGHTER IBD

CONTEXT
11 / 2024
9789360450052
Inglês

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About the BookA MAID IN THE CITY, A RICE FARMER IN HER VILLAGE, RACONTEUR, SURVIVOR-KARNOâÇÖS DAUGHTER IS THE LIFE STORY OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN.This is a biography of Buttermilk, the authorâÇÖs maid in Calcutta. She wishes to remain anonymous, Buttermilk is one of her nicknames.Her life straddles the city, the village and the suburbs. It brims with stories of betrayal and devastation, but also with unexpected aesthetics and love in unlikely places.This story is a weave of many threads: her family across multiple generations, her city work and her struggle as a rice farmer. We follow her across five decades as she forges a life with creativity and grit, and one antenna permanently tuned to the land. We witness her tackle brutal pressure and yet remain free of callus.With wit and spirit, Buttermilk lives an uproarious trapeze act, without a safety net from god or country. But for how long?About the AuthorRimli Sengupta came to writing after a half-life in computer science academia. She has written two books ináBengali, E-janalaá(2009) andáRimil-36á(2011), and a work of translation from Bengali,áIndonesia: Travels with Tagoreá(2017). Her short fiction has appeared in Civil Lines and the Indian Quarterly. She is the author ofáKarnoâÇÖs Daughter: The Lives of an Indian Maidá(Context, 2018) andáA Lost PeopleâÇÖs Archive: A Novelá(Aleph, 2023).