Brothers - Paperback

by Manju Kapur (Author)

The story of Tapti Gaina is intimately linked with the lives of two men, her husband and his brother. Exploring caste, student politics, the freedom struggle and the Emergency, Brothers traces the history of the Gaina family, beginning with their village origins across the emerging metropolis of Ajmer and ending at the height of political power in Jaipur. It is a masterful portrayal of ambition, desire, betrayal and anguish, enacted against the shifting terrain of family dynamics.

Author Biography

Manju Kapur is the author of five novels. Her first, Difficult Daughters, won the Commonwealth Prize for First Novels (Eurasia Section). The Immigrant was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature