- Death, Brothers and sisters, Family, Mothers
In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day.
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Grave, contemplative, earnest and intimate.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Raj Kamal Jha
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan, Harcourt, Picador
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780156010887
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“I could begin with my name, but forget it, why waste time, it doesn't matter in this city of twelve million names.”
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