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No God in Sight

by Altaf Tyrewala

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A daring novel about present-day Bombay and the individual lives that spark the citys consciousness.

Fast-paced and innovative, No God in Sight captures the seething multiplicity of Bombay through first-person accounts of an abortionist, a convert, a pregnant refugee, a gangster in hiding, a butcher, and an apathetic CEO, among others.

As the reader is hurtled from monologue to short story to anecdote, disparate lives collide in tantalizing ways. A family flees religious persecution in their village to take refuge in an urban slum; women walk the tightrope of free will and dormant violence; a father and son grant each other the relief of estrangement; and young men and women struggle to comprehend the consequences of sexual attraction. At the heart of the action is the city itself: a teeming, breathing, suffering Bombay that demands subservience and total surrender before it will sanction survival.

Insightful, ironic, and scathingly honest, No God in Sight is a brilliant debut by a talented young writer.

Synopsis:

Hurtling from one first-person account to another, this work is a daring novel about present-day Bombay and the individual lives that spark the city's consciousness.

About the Author

Altaf Tyrewala lives in Bombay and Mumbai. He has worked as a cashier, a telemarketer, a clerk, and an instructional writer. This is his first novel.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781596921948
Author:
Tyrewala, Altaf
Publisher:
MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Subject:
General
Subject:
India
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Bombay (india)
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
20060831
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
209
Dimensions:
8.30x5.30x.84 in. .76 lbs.

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