{"product_id":"9780143138051","title":"Tamas","description":"\u003cp\u003eA poignant and politically charged novel about the 1947 Partition, translated by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTamas, Bhisham Sahni's 1973 novel, is a product of the Partition's devastation. It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking retelling of Partition and its bloody aftermath. Tamas is a story about how simmering communal tensions snowball into full-fledged riots that grip villages across the subcontinent. In a city in undivided Punjab, Nathu, a tanner, is bribed to kill a pig. When the animal's carcass is discovered on the steps of the local mosque the next morning, brewing tensions explode into riots and massacre. A seemingly well planned and executed job by the British plants seeds of mistrust and hatred among those who, until the day before, had been close friends and neighbours. Tamas is a chilling reminder of the consequences of religious intolerance and communal prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49096681423075,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9780143138051-1.jpg?v=1788324930","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/ja\/products\/9780143138051","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}