The Story of Felanee

Author: Arupa Patangia Kalita

Brand: Random House Books for Young Readers

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 330

Release Date: 01-12-2012

Part Number: FLIBD9788189884888

Details: About the Book: Felanee A Felanee is a story of courage, of survival, of ethnic conflict and violence that tears people and communities apart in the most brutal, savage way. Set in Assam, which has seen two major agitations that have crippled the economy, this is a story that will shock the reader by its sheer passion, and its brutal honesty. The callousness and utter disregard for human life, the ugly play for power, for electoral gain, the sham and petty hypocrisies, the bloody horror of ethnic violence all lie exposed in this powerful novel written by one of Assam's leading fiction writers. The story revolves around the experiences of one woman: Felanee. Her name means 'thrown away'-so called because as her mother lay dying in the burning riot-torn village, Felanee was thrown into a swamp and left to die. But against all odds, Felanee- and thousands like her-survived. Like the reeds that grow in such profusion along the bank of Assam's rivers, the rootless inhabitants of the refugee camps and makeshift shanties, whose stories form the core of Felanee, are swept along by the wind and thrown onto new hostile terrain but they cling on with tenacity to take root again and again. brother and sister visit the unique crater-lake that their dead, estranged mother had written to them about in her letters. A middle-class employee's orderly life.

EAN: 9788189884888

Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: english