Sylvia: Distant Avuncular Ends Paperback

Description

‘Cajetan Pereira is Bhaubaab (brother-sir) to the people of the village he’s made his home. Even as he searches for his ‘roots’ in Goa, Cajetan yearns for his childhood home in Tanzania, pouring that longing into the project of living near a baobab tree on soil that is his only for historical reasons. Into this strange idyll walks Sylvia, a young woman in search of a story. As they discover a past connection and explore ways to build that relationship, the two bond over the common violence that shaped their trajectories, and an uncanny friendship with their one-time aspiring film-star neighbour.
Over the course of the novel, Sylvia comes into kaleidoscopic focus. She is colleague and friend, wife and prospective lover, and she is herself, living her many lives in many places.
Boldly experimental, Sylvia: Distant Avuncular Ends uses poetry and prose to tell a riveting story at a breathtaking pace. As entertaining as it is poignant, this is a remarkable, accomplished debut.

About the Author

Maithreyi Karnoor is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for creative writing and translation at Literature Across Frontiers, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has won the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati prize for translation and has been shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and twice for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.

Review
‘This is a rich concoction that spans continents and cultures, trees and technologies, heartbreak and bonesetters. As strange and varied as the baobab.’ — JERRY PINTO, author of Em and the Big Hoom and Murder in Mahim

‘A delightful debut novel that captivates you with vivid images, fluent craft and memorable characters. Thoroughly engaging.’ — ANEES SALIM, author of Vanity Bagh and The Blind Lady’s Descendants
About the Author
Maithreyi Karnoor is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for creative writing and translation at Literature Across Frontiers, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has won the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati prize for translation and has been shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and twice for the Montreal International Poetry Prize. ‘Cajetan Pereira is Bhaubaab (brother-sir) to the people of the village he’s made his home. Even as he searches for his ‘roots’ in Goa, Cajetan yearns for his childhood home in Tanzania, pouring that longing into the project of living near a baobab tree on soil that is his only for historical reasons. Into this strange idyll walks Sylvia, a young woman in search of a story. As they discover a past connection and explore ways to build that relationship, the two bond over the common violence that shaped their trajectories, and an uncanny friendship with their one-time aspiring film-star neighbour.Over the course of the novel, Sylvia comes into kaleidoscopic focus. She is colleague and friend, wife and prospective lover, and she is herself, living her many lives in many places.Boldly experimental, Sylvia: Distant Avuncular Ends uses poetry and prose to tell a riveting story at a breathtaking pace. As entertaining as it is poignant, this is a remarkable, accomplished debut.About the AuthorMaithreyi Karnoor is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for creative writing and translation at Literature Across Frontiers, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has won the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati prize for translation and has been shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and twice for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.Review‘This is a rich concoction that spans continents and cultures, trees and technologies, heartbreak and bonesetters. As strange and varied as the baobab.’ — JERRY PINTO, author of Em and the Big Hoom and Murder in Mahim‘A delightful debut novel that captivates you with vivid images, fluent craft and memorable characters. Thoroughly engaging.’ — ANEES SALIM, author of Vanity Bagh and The Blind Lady’s DescendantsAbout the AuthorMaithreyi Karnoor is the recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for creative writing and translation at Literature Across Frontiers, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has won the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati prize for translation and has been shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and twice for the Montreal International Poetry Prize.

Features

• Title : Sylvia: Distant Avuncular Ends Paperback
• Author : Maithreyi Karnoor
• Publisher : WESTLAND
• ISBN : 9395767847
• EAN : 9789395767842
• Binding : Paperback
• Published Date : 16-Jan-2023
• Number Of Pages : 192
• Language : English

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