{"product_id":"the-illuminated","title":"The Illuminated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable debut novel about women's relationships - with each other and with the men in their lives - and the rise of fundamentalism in India today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'When the light shifts, you see the world differently.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA superbly nuanced work of fiction, Anindita Ghose's first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around two women: Shashi and Tara. After the sudden death of her celebrated husband, Shashi is alarmed to realize that overnight, she has lost her life's moorings. Meanwhile, their fiercely independent daughter Tara, a Sanskrit scholar, has been drawn into a passionate involvement with an older man, which threatens to consume her in ways she did not imagine possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmidst a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in India that is determined to put women in their place, Shashi and Tara attempt to look at themselves, and at each other, in a new light. But is it possible to emerge from an eclipse unscathed?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn astonishing feat of the imagination, \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminated\u003c\/i\u003e is as sophisticated in the quality of its prose as it is provocative in its thematic focus on questions of identity. A remarkable novel of ideas, it marks the arrival of a tremendous new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Head of Zeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781803289779\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.86","offer_id":47917321453745,"sku":"SB-1803289775-C2","price":1.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1803289775.jpg?v=1789443919","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-illuminated","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}