{"product_id":"swallowing-the-sun-9781913738952","title":"Swallowing the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Swallowing the Sun by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is unputdownable and beyond all expectations... The novel is a riveting feat of storytelling and stylistically unique; it resuscitates for us the beauty, timeless wisdom, and eloquence of India.\" -- Indian Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwallowing the Sun is an epic feat of remembering and storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the eyes of its feisty young heroine, Malati, the novel recreates one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Indian history--the struggle for Independence. Malati's steeliness and fearlessness enable her to defy the constricting patriarchal traditions of her time and take on all those who try to cow her down. As a young girl, Malati fights and defeats the school bully of her village school in Maharashtra. From then onwards, backed by her progressive father, she and her sister Kamala push the boundaries constantly. After an eventful girlhood, the sisters become the first women in their family to go to college. They end up in Bombay, a hotbed of political ferment, where, even as she is whirled along by the irresistible current and excitement of the battle for Independence, she negotiates the small and big aspects of everyday life--love, loss, failure, and compromise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Salt Desert Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913738952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424","brand":"Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774263455925,"sku":"9781913738952","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swallowing-the-sun-9781913738952","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}