In the Country of Deceit
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Author : Shashi Deshpande
9780143067153 | PB | pp. 224 | 2018 | Penguin Books
There are no hostages taken in the country of deceit no victors only scarred lives. This understated yet compassionate examination of the nature of love, loyalty and deception establishes yet again Deshpande’s position as one of India’s most formidable writers of fiction.
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Why did I do it? Why did I enter the country of deceit? What took me into it? I hesitate to use the word love, but what other word is there?’ Devayani chooses to live alone in the small town of Rajnur after her parents’ death, ignoring the gently voiced disapproval of her family and friends. Teaching English, creating a garden and making friends with Rani, a former actress who settles in the town with her husband and three children, Devayani’s life is tranquil, imbued with a hard-won independence. Then she meets Ashok Chinappa, Rajnur’s new District Superintendent of Police, and they fall in love despite the fact that Ashok is much older, married, and-as both painfully acknowledge from the very beginning-it is a relationship without a future. Deshpande’s unflinching gaze tracks the suffering, evasions and lies that overtake those caught in the web of subterfuge. There are no hostages taken in the country of deceit no victors only scarred lives. This understated yet compassionate examination of the nature of love, loyalty and deception establishes yet again Deshpande’s position as one of India’s most formidable writers of fiction.
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| Author: | Shashi Deshpande |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780143067153 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
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