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Evening Book Discussion

"A Burning" by Megha Majumdar

2023-04-10 18:00:00 2023-04-10 19:00:00 America/New_York Evening Book Discussion "A Burning" by Megha Majumdar. Presented by Manville branch staff. Manville branch - Adult Media Area

Monday, April 10
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-10 18:00:00 2023-04-10 19:00:00 America/New_York Evening Book Discussion "A Burning" by Megha Majumdar. Presented by Manville branch staff. Manville branch - Adult Media Area

Manville branch

Adult Media Area

"A Burning" by Megha Majumdar. Presented by Manville branch staff.


"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely, a spirited, impoverished, relentlessly optimistic hjira, who harbors dreams of becoming a Bollywood star, can provide the alibi that would set Jivan free--but her appearance in court will have unexpected consequences that will change the course of all of their lives. A novel about fate, power, opportunity, and class; about innocence and guilt, betrayal and love, and the corrosive media cycle that manufactures falsehoods masquerading as truths--A Burning is a debut novel of exceptional power and urgency, haunting and beautiful, brutal, vibrant, impossible to forget"-- Provided by publisher.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

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