Fireproof [Paperback]

Raj Kamal Jha (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

February 2002. A helpless nation watches as the city of Ahmedabad in India is rocked by religious violence. In the aftermath and before the sun rises, more than 100 Muslim men, women, and children are killed, most burned alive. Above the smoke and flames, the dead begin to intervene. So begins Raj Kamal Jha’s mesmerizing new novel, in which the murdered whisper from footnotes and photographs. At the heart of the novel is its narrator Jay, a man who carries with him an unspeakable secret and a newborn baby, and a mystery woman who writes with her fingers on glass, drawing man and child out of their home and on a journey across the burning city. A work of fiction that challenges the way we look at the most twisted events of our times and evoking both terror and tenderness, Fireproof is a compelling testimony to the ordinary nature of collective evil, and to the extraordinary power of individual conscience.

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From the Back Cover

I looked at the window again. The words had begun to fade as the room inside must have got colder. All I could see now was E P ME, the E of the ME disappearing and as I focused on the remaining letters, there was the blur of a movement inside, I saw a form pass by the window, a hand reach out to wipe the glass clean, draw the curtains closed. I saw the lights switch off turning the window into a rectangle of darkness.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Raj Kamal Jha is the author of The Blue Bedspread and If You Are Afraid of Heights, and executive editor of the Indian Express.

Product Details

• Paperback: 388 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan UK (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330493779
• ISBN-13: 978-0330493772
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,687,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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