Life is a brief, waking dream-but who casts the spell? Two striking women, Kamala and Shaly, helm an unusual household, fuelled by their intense, tempestuous romance in a rapidly changing Bangalore. Downstairs, Kamalas sons take care of each other in their own way-the twins are bound together by an early accident that paralysed Shiva, making Aadi his brothers caretaker. Beautiful Shaly is the object of more than one persons affections-and she, too, has a complicated past. When Kamalas mother dies, the motherland calls her to Kerala-to an ancestral house of horrors which lies next to the cremation grounds in Cochins outlying reaches: a place which, nevertheless, is home. However, nothing can prepare her for the devastation that ensues in this lyrical, hallucinatory trip of a story. Utterly gripping and powerfully unsettling, Sangeetha Srinivasans phenomenal debut subverts received ideas about society, individuality and motherhood. Acid unravels the secrets that lurk beneath the surface oif our lives, and marks the entry of a searing new voice in the Indian literary landscape. About the Author: Sangeetha Sreenivasan Sangeetha Sreenivasan is a novelist and scriptwriter who writes both in Malayalam and English. She is the daughter of Malayalam writer and social activist Sarah Joseph. She has also translated Elena Ferrantes Days of Abandonment into Malayalam to much acclaim.

Life is a brief, waking dream-but who casts the spell? Two striking women, Kamala and Shaly, helm an unusual household, fuelled by their intense, tempestuous romance in a rapidly changing Bangalore. Downstairs, Kamalas sons take care of each other in their own way-the twins are bound together by an early accident that paralysed Shiva, making Aadi his brothers caretaker. Beautiful Shaly is the object of more than one persons affections-and she, too, has a complicated past. When Kamalas mother dies, the motherland calls her to Kerala-to an ancestral house of horrors which lies next to the cremation grounds in Cochins outlying reaches:...  Read More