The Death of Vishnu
Title | The Death of Vishnu PDF eBook |
Author | Manil Suri |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2012-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1408833255 |
An enthralling virtuoso debut that eloquently captures the loves and losses of a dying man 'All the elements of great storytelling are here, the mystic transports of Ben Okri with the intimate charm of Arundhati Roy ... enchanting' Sunday Tribune 'Beautifully captures with great tenderness and depth the eternal war between duty and desire. This is a love letter to Bombay and its people' Sunday Express Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, the lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy as his life draws to a close.
The Age of Shiva
Title | The Age of Shiva PDF eBook |
Author | Manil Suri |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2009-08-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1408806789 |
India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.
The City of Devi
Title | The City of Devi PDF eBook |
Author | Manil Suri |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2014-02-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 140883393X |
Armed only with a pomegranate, Sarita ventures into the empty streets of Mumbai, on the eve of its threatened nuclear annihilation. She is looking for her physicist husband Karun, who has been missing for over a fortnight. She is soon joined on her quest by Jaz - cocky, handsome, Muslim, gay, and in search of his own lover. Together they traverse the surreal landscape of a dystopia rife with absurdity, and are inexorably drawn to the patron goddess Devi ma, the supposed saviour of the city. Groundbreaking and multilayered, The City of Devi is a fearlessly provocative tale of three individuals balancing on the sharp edge of fate.
The Death of Vishnu
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ISBN | 9780060517540 |
Dharmayoddha Kalk[i]
Title | Dharmayoddha Kalk[i] PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Missal |
Publisher | Fingerprint! Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction, Indic (English) |
ISBN | 9788193503300 |
A work of fiction that takes inspiration from the life of Kalki, the idea of Kaliyug and other Mahabharata and Ramayan references.
Lord Vishnu's Love Handles
Title | Lord Vishnu's Love Handles PDF eBook |
Author | Will Clarke |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2005-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 074327444X |
Lord Vishnu's Love Handles is the story of a man who is teetering on the edge of financial ruin and insanity until a couple of secret agents teach him what it really means to lose his mind. Travis Anderson has a psychic gift. Or so he thinks. So far he's milked his premonitions only to acquire an upper-middle-class lifestyle -- pretty wife, big house, and a shiny Range Rover -- without having to make any real effort. But recent visions threaten his yuppie contentment. Haunted by omens of impending cancers, stillborn babies, and personal train wrecks, he is compelled to make a series of inaccurate and horrifying prophecies that humiliate him in front of his fellow country club members. The IRS gets Travis's number, too, demanding an audit of his sloppy bookkeeping. Drowning in mounting financial problems and apparent mental illness, Travis tries booze, pills, even golf to stay afloat, but nothing works. His wife and friends are forced to stage an intervention. Travis is in danger of losing his family, his career, and ultimately, his sanity. That is, until he meets a Hindu holy man in rehab who claims to be the final incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Suddenly, the tragically shallow Travis is saddled with the responsibility of bettering mankind and saving the world.
The Death of Vishnu: A Novel
Title | The Death of Vishnu: A Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Manil Suri |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2010-06-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0393081052 |
A National Bestseller "Enchanting…Suri’s novel achieves an eerie and memorable transcendence." —Time In Manil Suri’s debut novel, Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.