Tamas by Bhisham Sahni

352 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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Set in a small-town frontier province in 1947, just before Partition, Tamas tells the story of a sweeper named Nathu who is bribed and deceived by a local Muslim politician to kill a pig, ostensibly for a veterinarian. The following morning, the c...

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