The Cripple and His Talismans - Hardcover

Anosh Irani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9350296039 ISBN 13: 9789350296035

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2013

Synopsis

Prepare to enter a world where the norms of human behaviour and morality even the rules governing time and gravity are turned upside down. Set in the teeming city of contemporary Bombay, this comic and vibrant tale begins with a young man in search of his missing arm. Each person he meets offers him a clue: a woman who sells rainbows; a coffin maker who builds tiny caskets; a giant who lives under water all lead him to Baba Rakhu, the master of the underworld and the only one who can reveal the meaning of his predicament.

With humour and ingenuity, Anosh Irani has crafted a bold story that is as much about loss as it is about the presence of faith in a world that can be as cruel as it can be forgiving.

About this title

About the Author

Anosh Irani was born and brought up in Mumbai and moved to Vancouver in 1998. He is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Cripple and His Talismans and The Song of Kahunsha, which was a finalist for CBC Radio s Canada Reads and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. It was published in thirteen countries and was a best-seller in Canada and Italy. His play Bombay Black was a Dora Award winner for Outstanding New Play. Irani was nominated for the Governor General s Award for Drama for his anthology The Bombay Plays: The Matka King & Bombay Black.

Review

A highly imaginative novel, full of humour, poetry and insights, written in a beautiful, sparse style' --Yann Martel

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9350296039
• ISBN 13: 9789350296035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232