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A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK!A New York Times Notable BookA National Book Award Longlist honoree and gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary (USA Today)Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.

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Book category Books in German Belletristik Erzählende Literatur Hauptwerk vor 1945

• Full title: Burning
• Author: Majumdar, Megha
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780593081259
• ISBN: 0593081250
• ID: 35355477
• Publisher: Random House Publishing
• Weight: 220 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 131 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. June 2021

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