{"product_id":"truthuntruth-9781803090771","title":"Truth\/Untruth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at Calcutta society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in Calcutta in the mid-1980s, \u003ci\u003eTruth\/Untruth\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced thriller built around the death of the pregnant Jamuna--a maid in a newly affluent residential apartment complex--and Arjun, the upwardly mobile businessman who seduced her. Packed with a cast of colorful characters, this novel is a trenchant, darkly humorous, and unsentimental look at the different segments of Calcutta society: from the middle-class culture vultures to the unscrupulous \"promoter\" class and the domestic helpers and slum goons who form an intrinsic part of the city's life. All are implicated in a complex web of guilt and bizarre twists and turns. Sex, lies, death--the great modernist themes--run like a thread through this book, exposing societal greed, lust, corruption, and moral hypocrisy with a sardonic tone that spares none. An unusual novel by an author who is otherwise known for her hard-hitting activist-feminist stories, \u003ci\u003eTruth\/Untruth\u003c\/i\u003e underlines the exploitative vicious cycle that defines urban relations between the haves and have-nots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803090771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Mahasweta Devi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439275249845,"sku":"9781803090771","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_42b00966-3ee2-42fd-9e1f-63d98ea6b379.jpg?v=1665461513","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/truthuntruth-9781803090771","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}