{"product_id":"pyre-paperback-1","title":"Pyre - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePerumal Murugan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAniruddhan Vasudevan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOne Part Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of a Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, both longlisted for the National Book Award for Translation, comes a poignant and startling novel about love, caste, and intolerance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfiled in both the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Perumal Murugan is one of India's highest selling and most respected literary writers, and \u003ci\u003ePyre\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps his most beloved work. 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, where they hope to build a happy life together. But they are harboring a terrible secret: Saroja is from a different caste than Kumaresan, and if the villagers find out, they will both be in grave danger. Faced with venom from her mother-in-law and questions from her new neighbors, Saroja tries to adjust to a new 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 world filled with thorns? In evocative prose, Perumal Murugan masterfully conjures a moving tale of innocent young love pitted against chilling violence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAniruddhan Vasudevan\u003c\/strong\u003e writes and translates between Tamil and English. He is currently a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows and Lecturer in Anthropology and the Humanities Council (2020-2023), Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699133222975,"sku":"9780802159335","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/94139f7a98d2787a5c2cabb38b745425.webp?v=1765012581","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/pyre-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}