Sleeping on Jupiter A Novel【電子書籍】[ Anuradha Roy ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize, a novel about violence, love, and religion in modern India＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞On a train bound for the seaside town of Jarmuli, known for its temples, three elderly women meet a young documentary filmmaker named Nomi, whose braided hair, tattoos, and foreign air set her apart. At a brief stop en route, the women witness a sudden assault on Nomi that leaves her stranded as the train pulls away.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Later in Jarmuli, among pilgrims, priests, and ashrams, the women disembark only to find that Nomi has managed to arrive on her own. What is someone like her, clearly not a worshipper, doing in this remote place? Over the next five days, the women live out their long-planned dream of a holiday together; their temple guide pursues a forbidden love; and Nomi is joined by a photographer to scout locations for a documentary. As their lives overlap and collide, Nomi's past comes into focus, and the serene surface of the town is punctured by violence．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る