Of mothers and other perishables: a novel (Record no. 356600)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788197042645
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Transcribing agency AACR-II
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number OBE R
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Personal name Oberoi, Radhika
9 (RLIN) 5707
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Of mothers and other perishables: a novel
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Simon & Schuster
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2024
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 300p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Of Mothers and Other Perishables is an exquisite articulation of grief. It is also the sharp-eyed tale of a city tethered to violence and bursting with nazms. The morbidly funny voice of a dead woman echoes through the walls of her beloved storeroom, a compact space that contains her earthly belongings: cupboards full of silk sarees and baby clothes, albums of black-and-white photographs, a collection of vinyl records, a record player, old leather suitcases, an ebony-and-gold sewing machine. She reminisces about the past, and about the disease that causes her untimely death.<br/>Her storeroom becomes a quaint Bioscope of her life in Delhi as a young woman in the 1970s and 80s, decades that bring her romance, marriage, motherhood. The novel oscillates between the dead woman’s yearnings and the immediacy and excitement of a parallel narrative — her daughter’s. Nicknamed The Wailer (from the band Bob Marley and the Wailers), the dead woman’s daughter offers a sardonic glimpse into the world of advertising — the night before a presentation, temperamental colleagues, the buzz of writers and art directors at work. But the peculiar dynamics of The Wailer’s advertising firm alter drastically, when protests break out in the city of Delhi. Protesters swarm the streets, hollering against a new bill that persecutes the Muslim community. A Muslim art director is drawn to the pulsing heart of this movement. The Wailer, too, is inadvertently involved. Both narratives — the deceased mother’s digressional memories, and The Wailer’s palpable reality — also tell of Toon, The Wailer’s younger sister, who is the CEO of a coffee startup. Their worlds converge to offer shards of the past, and navigate through a turbulent present. Personal and political histories collide in this haunting tale of many betrayals.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element English Novel
9 (RLIN) 5708
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Novel- Anti-Sikh Roits 1984
9 (RLIN) 5709
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2024-09-18 699.00   OBE R 177507 2024-09-18 2024-09-18 Books

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