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092			_aRAZAK, _bMELODY
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRazak, Melody, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMoth : _ba novel / _cMelody Razak.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHarper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a357 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published in Great Britain in 2021 by Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 356-357).
520			_a"The saga of one family's trials through India's tumultuous partition--when Pakistan split from India--exploring its impact on women, what it means to be othered, and the redemptive power of family"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_aDelhi, 1946. Fourteen-year-old Alma is soon to be married despite her parents' fear that she is far too young. But times are perilous in India, where the country's long-awaited independence from the British empire heralds a new era of hope--and danger. In its wake, political unrest ripples across the subcontinent, marked by violent confrontations between Hindus and Muslims. The conflict threatens to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi--a city where different cultures, religions, and traditions have co-existed for centuries. The solution is partition, which will create a new, wholly Muslim, sovereign nation--Pakistan--carved from India's northwestern shoulder. Given the uncertain times, Alma's parents, intellectuals who teach at the local university, pray that marriage will provide Alma with stability and safety. Precocious and headstrong, Alma's excitement over the wedding rivals only her joy in spinning wild stories about evil spirits for her younger sister Roop. But when Alma's grandmother--a woman determined to protect the family's honor no matter the cost--interferes with the engagement, her meddling sets off a chain of events that will wrench the family apart, forcing its members to find new and increasingly desperate ways to survive in the wake of partition. Set during the most tumultuous years in modern Indian history, Melody Razak recreates the painful turmoil of a rupturing nation and its reverberations across the fates of a single family. Powerfully evocative and atmospheric, Moth is a testament to survival and a celebration of the beauty and resiliency of the human spirit.
650		0	_aBrahmans _vFiction. _9186883
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction. _93570
650		0	_aMarriage _vFiction. _93337
650		0	_aWomen _zIndia _vFiction. _974138
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yPartition, 1947 _vFiction. _9182136
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft _93574
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
655		7	_aFiction. _2lcgft _92043
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