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“A debut novel about contemporary India that manages to evoke the complexity of the forces that are shaking the countryโs social structure. In fast-paced prose, the author tells of three people whose lives intersect around a court case. Jivan, a teenage girl from the cityโs slums, is falsely accused of throwing a bomb at a train. Called to testify are her high school gym teacher, PT Sir, a man of conflicting morals, who is interested in getting into politics, and Lovely, a transgender woman who has dreams of becoming an actress and to whom Jivan was teaching English. As Jivan languishes in prison, PT Sir and Lovely concentrate on their own selfish interests, and there is a palpable sense of foreboding that made me want to yell at the two of them to help Jivan before itโs too late!”
— Alice • Blue Willow Bookshop
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MEGHA MAJUMDAR was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.ย A Burningย is her first book. Follow her on Twitter @MeghaMaj and Instagram @megha.maj