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Description
Murwani, a village in Maharashtra. Three sisters-Anisha, Sanchita and Priyanka-disappear from school on the afternoon of Valentine's Day, 2013. No one knows where they went or why, but everyone remembers they were up to no good. Six years later, a journalist from Mumbai returns to the scene of the crime and tries to piece together what exactly happened that fateful day.
Hurda is that story told through the voices of the many whose lives intersected with those of the three sisters. Based on a real-life incident, this novel takes a surgical knife to contemporary India and sets up for display its pervasive and deep misogyny. Savagely hilarious and deeply disturbing, a whodunnit as well as an examination of what the lives of women are worth, Hurda marks the arrival of a bold new voice from South Asia.
Product details
Published | 03 Jun 2025 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 328 |
ISBN | 9789361319273 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury India |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
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Reviews
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Best First Book Award, Fiction, 2024
Godrej Lit Live!
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Shortlisted for Fiction Prize, 2024
Atta Galatta Book Prize
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Longlisted, 2024
JCB Prize for Literature
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I feel like I know what a murder investigation in rural India must be like. This is more an experience than a book; beware, you might end up haunted.
Jerry Pinto
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Hurda is a stunning debut. Atharva Pandit's masterful storytelling voice left me spellbound.
Sonia Faleiro
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Reminiscent of Bolaño's polyphonous whirlpools, Pandit's novel deftly inverts the adage that it takes a village to raise a child. A remarkable debut.
Tanuj Solanki