A Burning

Author  Megha Majumdar
A Burning

Winner of the Whiting Award • A New York Times Notable Book • A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick • American Library Accociation Andrew Carnegie Medal Finalist • Nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • One of The Guardian's Best Books of the Year • One of Time's Must-Read Books of 2020

For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to politcal power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.

Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in…

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June 29, 2021
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