{"product_id":"gulabiya","title":"Gulabiya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the heartland of India, a tale of love and freedom for the ages — translated into English for the first time from the Angika, a language that almost never reaches the anglophone shelf.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the hot floodplains of the Kosi River, \u003cstrong\u003eGulabiya\u003c\/strong\u003e is a young farmhand in love with \u003cstrong\u003eBalesar\u003c\/strong\u003e, the manager of a nearby farm's fieldhands. When Balesar decides to till his own land, he is joined in the enterprise by his Gulabo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir dreams are modest ones. But even modest dreams attract the wrath of Balesar's landlord. Gulabiya is betrayed by her own family, leading to a heartbreaking separation from her lover, while the village's wealthy power brokers scheme to sabotage Balesar's success. The powerful believe they have suppressed yet another attempt at resistance. They could not be more wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2008, \u003cem\u003eGulabiya\u003c\/em\u003e shocked and scandalised its readers — a story that breaks down the realities of farm labour and life in twenty-first-century India. In a caste- and class-ridden society, Gulabiya and Balesar's audacious escape from servitude will shake the very earth they till for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Angika by \u003cstrong\u003eTejaswi Rawal\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eShivangi\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“…[a] punchy read from the rural heartland that gives us a gutsy new heroine to love.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eDaisy Rockwell\u003c\/strong\u003e, International Booker Prize-winning translator of \u003cem\u003eTomb of Sand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Abha Purbey\u003c\/strong\u003e writes in Angika, the language of the Anga region spanning Bihar and Jharkhand. \u003cem\u003eGulabiya\u003c\/em\u003e is her landmark novel of the Kosi floodplains, now reaching English readers for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePerfect for readers of\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTomb of Sand\u003c\/em\u003e, Perumal Murugan, Phanishwar Nath Renu's \u003cem\u003eMaila Anchal\u003c\/em\u003e — rural India told from inside, not looked at from above.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52143520153816,"sku":"9789357319324","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/gulabiya1.jpg?v=1785845620","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/gulabiya","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}