Night Theatre by Vikram Paralkar
A powerful fable about a surgeon negotiating the fine line between life and death.
In rural India an unnamed surgeon uncovers old secrets: What do angels look like? Why are tears denied to the dead? Is the afterlife run by bureaucrats? The surgeon's indifference to death is like God's, only more terrifying because it is humanI read this book in a single addictive sitting. It will stay with me for a long time. -- Jeet Thayil, Booker Prize shortlisted author of NARCOPOLIS and THE BOOK OF CHOCOLATE SAINTS
A beautifully fearsome meta-fiction on death, the dead and the living * Business Line *
Equal parts speculative fiction, medical drama and a philosophical treatise on death ... perceptive and absurdly humorous in ways I hadn't expected. By the time I reached its smashing final line, I was hoping Paralkar would resurrect the dead for a sequel. * The Hindu *
Night Theater hypnotized me, held me on the line between life and death, perfectly grotesque in its discussion of the body, perfectly heady in its depiction of the afterlife. Paralkar has created my favorite kind of story: morbid, magical, and enthralling. -- Sarah Blake, author of Naamah
Haunting and irresistible. I cannot wait for you to read this book * Wayétu Moore, author of She Would Be King *
A beautifully fearsome meta-fiction on death, the dead and the living * Business Line *
Equal parts speculative fiction, medical drama and a philosophical treatise on death ... perceptive and absurdly humorous in ways I hadn't expected. By the time I reached its smashing final line, I was hoping Paralkar would resurrect the dead for a sequel. * The Hindu *
Night Theater hypnotized me, held me on the line between life and death, perfectly grotesque in its discussion of the body, perfectly heady in its depiction of the afterlife. Paralkar has created my favorite kind of story: morbid, magical, and enthralling. -- Sarah Blake, author of Naamah
Haunting and irresistible. I cannot wait for you to read this book * Wayétu Moore, author of She Would Be King *
Vikram Paralkar is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. He was born and raised in Mumbai.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788161329 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788161327 |
| Title | Night Theatre |
| Author | Vikram Paralkar |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-02-21 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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