International Booker Prize 2023

Pyre

By: Perumal Murugan

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Paperback | 4 August 2022

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'With tender rage, one of India's most powerful living writers breathes life into an age-old tale of forbidden passion' - Nilanjana Roy

Saroja and Kumaresan are young and in love. After meeting in a small southern Indian town, where Kumaresan works at a soda bottling shop, they quickly marry before returning to Kumaresan's family village to build a new life together. But they are harbouring a dangerous secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in grave peril.

Faced with venom from her mother-in-law, and questions from her new neighbours, Saroja tries to adjust to a lonely and uncomfortable life, while Kumaresan struggles to scrape together enough money for them to start over somewhere new. Will their love keep them safe in a hostile world?

About the Author

PERUMAL MURUGAN is one of India's most well-known literary writers. He has written eleven novels and five collections each of short stories and poetry. His novels One Part Woman and The Story of a Goat were both longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. They are both published by Pushkin Press.

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