FELANEE

• Translators: Meghna Dhoke

• ISBN: 9789394258709

• Edition: 1

• Publishing Year: November 2022

• Pages: 296

• Language: Translated from English to Marathi

• Category: Novel

Description:

• Based on real-life events, the story of Felanee is one of courage, survival, and the brutal consequences of ethnic conflict and violence.

• Set in Assam, the novel paints a vivid picture of the violent and turbulent times caused by two major agitations that crippled the economy.

• The book exposes the callousness, disregard for human life, and the ugly political maneuvers for electoral gain.

• It highlights the horror of ethnic violence, the petty hypocrisies of power, and the cruelty of human nature.

• The central character, Felanee, is a woman who was abandoned in a swamp by her dying mother during a riot, left to die.

• Despite all odds, Felanee survives, and her journey reflects the plight of many people in refugee camps and makeshift shanties.

• The novel explores themes of survival, the loss of identity, and the tenacity to take root in new, hostile territories, just like the reeds along the riverbanks of Assam.