{"product_id":"sakinas-kiss","title":"Sakina's Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a master of contemporary Indian fiction, an expertly crafted and taut family drama, set over the course of four days. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delightful read.' \u003cb\u003eAbraham Verghese\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary.' \u003cb\u003eGeetanjali Shree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer of rare and wonderful gifts.' \u003cb\u003eGarth Greenwell \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those writers whose voice takes your breath away.' \u003cb\u003eYiyun Li \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA middle-class couple in Bengaluru, Venkat and Viji, find their quiet life upended - and the flaws in their marriage exposed - when two strange young men come knocking at their door one evening, claiming to have business with their daughter, Rekha. Since Rekha, a college senior, happens to be visiting relatives in the countryside, Venkat sends the boys away - but they come back the next day, and this time they're not alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVenkat begins to fear for his daughter's safety and is haunted by memories of similar sinister events from his own youth, events that culminated in a betrayal and disappearance he'd prefer to forget. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Venkat's guilt-ridden imagination leaps between knowing and unknowing, evasion and confrontation, Shanbhag reveals not just the tensions in a marriage or a family, but also the fissures of class, politics and threatened violence that can tear communities apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tense, taut and compulsively readable.' \u003cb\u003eDeepa Anappara \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivek Shanbhag is probably the best writer writing in any language anywhere.' \u003cb\u003eMohammed Hanif\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250254958936,"sku":"9780571390830","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571390830.jpg?v=1780405267","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sakinas-kiss","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}