𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 (𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀.) -
Stunning commentary of aging, gender, perception, and more through remarkable language play and magical realism. Slow down and enjoy what unfolds!
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #geetanjalishree #daisyrockwell #tombofsand #indianliterature #india #indiapakistan #aging #socialsatire #bookerprize #magicalrealism #ExperimentalFiction
𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱” 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 (𝗗𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀.) -
Magnificent and massive, Shree's "simple" story is more an exploration on gender, aging, cultural mores, history and politics, feminism, and probably a thousand other topics. Truly a slow-paced and magical page-turner!
#books #bookreviews #geetanjalishree #tombofsand #bookerprize #indianliterature #hindiliterature #DaisyRockwell
My favorite reads of 2023 (not all new, all literary fiction except where noted):
Biography of X - #CatherineLacey
Traces of Enayat - #ImanMersal (nonfic)
After Sappho - #SelbyWynnSchwartz
Noopiming - #LeanneBetasamosakeSimpson
This Accident of Being Lost - #LeanneBetasamosakeSimpson
The Wall - #MarlenHaushofer
Bad Cree - #JessicaJohns (horror)
Your Love Is Not Good - #JohannaHedva
Flux by #JinwooChong
The New Animals - #PipAdam
Tomb of Sand - #GeetanjaliShree
Read 3.75 books for August - #WomenInTranslation! Full: The Books of Jacob (#OlgaTokarczuk), Tomb of Sand (#GeetanjaliShree), De Held van Madrid (#MarkétaPilátová). 3/4: Book Number Five (Monika Kompaníková). Will finish the .25 left in September.
I'm #NowReading Tomb of Sand by #GeetanjaliShree and had to stop to google a bunch of names/titles of Partition authors. Now I have books from #KrishnaSobti and #Manto on the way. That's how #TranslatedFiction gets ya! #bookstodon #LiteratureInTranslation
Got a few book pre-orders in so I can forget about them and be surprised when they arrive. Usually most of my pre-orders are of fave authors, but these are all new to me. Any other #bookstodon folks have these on their list? Have other pre-order recommendations?
Tomb of Sand by #GeetanjaliShree, trans. by Daisy Rockwell (Jan 31) - feminist epic
Flux by #JinwooChong (Mar 21) - neo-noir/speculative fiction
The End of August by #YuMiri, trans. by Morgan Giles (Aug 1) - historical fiction/epic
Fascinating #excerpt from a #talk given by #Booker prize winning #writer #GeetanjaliShree
What is the #dialectic between an #author or a #poet and the #society she is a part of? Do they owe anything to each other?
What exactly is literature? #Literature serves no utilitarian purpose, unlike #science or #technology or #medicine. Should society support it? Why?
Greetings, fellow earthlings! I am a #Hindi and #Urdu into English #translator. I also make #Art and #Calligraphy, usually with #Paint. Most recent #Translation is #TombofSand by #GeetanjaliShree .
Come join me for a live conversation with #InternationalBooker Prize winning writer and translator, #GeetanjaliShree and #DaisyRockwell on this year’s Booker winning novel, #TombofSand of Sand on Dec 3, 11 am zoom link below! Hosted by Radical Books Collective, UCF English Department and India Center UCF. #UNiversityofCentralFlorida
"It’s the best way to live! To get some fun in spite of the serious things." Booker award winning #GeetanjaliShree on the lightness that makes being bearable. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/27/its-the-best-way-to-live-international-booker-winners-geetanjali-shree-and-daisy-rockwell?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
भारतीय भाषाओं में लिखने वाले लेखकों के लिए एक बड़ी जीत और उत्साहवर्धक समाचार। इससे साबित होता है कि हिन्दी में लिखकर भी (अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद बाद में) भी आप अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर बड़ा नाम कमा सकती हैं। लेखिका और अनुवादिका दोनों को बहुत बधाइयाँ।
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RT @PenguinIndia
And history is made!
We are elated to announce that the brilliant #GeetanjaliShree’s novel #TombOfSand, translated by @shreedaisy, has become the first Hindi-language novel to…
https://twitter.com/PenguinIndia/status/1529934166896177153
Very good news: रेत समाधि (Tomb of Sand) has been selected among the final 6 books for 2022 International Booker Prize. First Translated Hindi novel ever to reach this place for Booker Prize.👏
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RT @TheBookerPrizes
Well done to Geetanjali Shree and @shreedaisy who have been shortlisted with Tomb of Sand #2022InternationalBooker #TombofSand #GeetanjaliShree #DaisyRockwell @TiltedAxisPress
https://twitter.com/TheBookerPrizes/status/1512040678959812613
