Witness the Night: A Novel
by:
Kishwar Desai (author)
Kishwar Desai,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Kishwar Desai,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143120971 (0143120972)
Publish date: May 29th 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Health,
India,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Mental Health
I inhaled this book in about three hours, unable to stop. The premise is dark and grim: a sixteen year old girl is found bound in her house, surrounded by the poisoned, stabbed, and burned members of her family. As the last one living, the police arrest her for the crime. Simran Singh, a voluntee...
This book is a social message regarding female infanticide and the treatment of some women in India. It is not a work of literary genius but it clearly needed to be written and, above all, READ. As such I think the author has done a very credible job. Aside from it's harrowing subject matter it's...
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