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Ladataan... LeilaTekijä: Prayaag Akbar
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. The blurb for this novel likens it to an Indian Handmaid’s Tale: Leila does for the barbarity of contemporary Indian nationalism what The Handmaid’s Tale did for the yoke of patriarchy. It is urgent, gripping, topical, disturbing, and announces a talent we’ll be talking about for years to come. – Neel Mukherjee But I think this novel has greater currency than that. A novel which explores the development of gated communities to keep out The Other has its origins in Apartheid South Africa, in the White Australia Policy, and in contemporary refugee ‘management’. At the domestic level there is the emergence of gated estates in wealthy western nations. All those apartments with keycodes for the front door and burglar alarms on ordinary suburban houses. Electric operated gates that only an owner can open. All these are intimations of an obsession with security and a fear of Outsiders. And as Leila shows, while the novels segregates its walled communities by religious disposition, it’s as much about protecting possessions (including women) as it is about maintaining ‘purity’. The story begins with Shalini performing a ritual in remembrance of her daughter Leila who was ‘taken’ sixteen years ago when she was three. Gradually the reader realises that the husband beside her is dead, and that Shalini is surviving on memories. But despite her ostensible cooperation with the rules of ‘Purity One’ , Shalini is a determined woman and she fervently believes that she will be reunited with Leila soon. The walls that surround The Towers are explained. Purity Towers is a high-rise of solitary widows sedated into submission and where no children are allowed. The rules are enforced by ‘wardens’ who are really spies looking for any evidence of non-conformity. Shalini is 43 now, and she was brought there against her will when she was 28. Her city has been segregated into sub-groups, separated by massive walls and armed guards at the gates through which workers from the Slums pass in and out, submitting to intrusive ID checks, strip searching and a change of clean clothing on their way. Within, everyone has the same religion. Busybodies poke through Hindu garbage for bones which would indicate the eating of meat. This is a dystopia of extreme intolerance and an apartheid built on diversity not of skin colour. To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2018/10/07/leila-by-prayaag-akbar-bookreview/ näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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"Every year on Leila's birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two candles. One each for herself and for Riz, the husband at her side. But as Shalini walks from the patch of grass where she held her vigil the man beside her melts away. It is sixteen years since they took her, her daughter's third birthday party, the last time she saw the three people she loves most dearly: her mother, her husband, her child. There are thirty-two candle stubs buried in that lawn, and Shalini believes her search is finally drawing to a close. When she finds Leila, she will return and dig up each and every one."--Publisher's description. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Set in India in the near future, [Leila] is a riveting “awful warning” novel. It is always interesting to read dystopias from other countries, as we often share the concerns voiced. This novel is about a future controlled by money, power, sexism, tribalism and nationalism which, as we know, is not limited to the country of India. ( )