{"product_id":"bhisham-sahni-tamas-2025","title":"Bhisham Sahni: Tamas [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant and politically charged novel about the 1947 Partition, translated by Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamas\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eTamas \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003ci\u003eTamas\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling reminder of the consequences of religious intolerance and communal prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sahni, Bhisham \u0026 Deb, Siddhartha \u0026 Rockwell, Daisy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52983962435923,"sku":"9780143138051","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sahni-bhisham-deb-siddhartha-rockwell-daisy-bhisham-sahni-tamas-2025-9780143138051-1219845282.jpg?v=1770663697","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/bhisham-sahni-tamas-2025","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}