Notes on a Marriage

Notes on a Marriage

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9789354477072 | Hardcover | 153 | 2024 | Speaking Tiger

From the author of the remarkable debut novel, Sisterhood of Swans, Notes on a Marriage is an enthralling book that illuminates the intricacies of human relationships.

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Author: Selma Carvalho

9789354477072 | HB | pp. 153 | 2024 | Speaking Tiger

From the author of the remarkable debut novel, Sisterhood of Swans, Notes on a Marriage is an enthralling book that illuminates the intricacies of human relationships.

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In his younger days, Alfred Hughes had been quite the Nineties revolutionary at his university in England, clad in faded army fatigues and smoking Cuban cigars. They called him Ché Freddo. His comrades-in-arms were Nido—Nitin—son of divorced Indian immigrants, and Eugenia—ardent admirer of Sylvia Plath, who believed that one had to sacrifice everything for a cause, be fearless in death. Into this mix came Anju Kale, of British-Asian heritage, the only child of a disheartened Indian Marxist father and a submissive, but wealthy, English mother, and her entry into this tightly-knit group caused all equations to shift and change.

As time goes by, Freddo gives up revolution for the security of a college professorship, Nido for a job at Goldman Sachs. Anju marries Freddo and tries to come to terms with his serial philandering, in a marriage precariously held together by middle-class sensibilities. And the devastating secret about what happened to Eugenia.

Until Anju too finds herself caught in an extra-marital relationship. Trapped between the need for fulfilment and a love of stability, Anju must redefine what it means to be a family.

In Selma Carvalho’s captivating prose, their story unfolds with lyricism and allure. Carvalho explores the complexities of marriage, as Anju finds herself entangled in an extramarital affair, torn between fulfillment and stability. A tale of tender moments, shocking revelations, and wisdom, Notes on a Marriage cements Carvalho’s place in the literary world. From the author of the remarkable debut novel, Sisterhood of Swans, comes another enthralling piece that illuminates the intricacies of human relationships.

Author:

Selma Carvalho
ISBN:

9789354477072
Publisher:

Speaking Tiger
Binding:

Hardcover
Pages:

153
Year of Publication:

2024
Edition:

First
Condition:

New
Country of Origin:

India

About the Author

Selma Carvalho is a British-Asian writer and the author of three non-fiction books documenting the Goan presence in colonial East Africa. She led the Oral Histories of British-Goans Project (2011-2014) funded by the UK Heritage Lottery Fund. Her short fiction, in English and in Portuguese translation, has been published in various journals and anthologies published by Comma Press and Kingston University Press, among others. Her work has been shortlisted for several literary prizes, notably the London Short Story Prize, the Dinesh Allirajah Prize and the New Asian Writing Prize. She is the winner of the Leicester Writes Prize 2018 and her collection of short stories was a finalist for the prestigious SI Leeds Literary Prize 2018. Sisterhood of Swans is her debut novel and was shortlisted for the Mslexia Novella Prize 2018 in the UK.

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