Tomb Of Sand Ret Samadhi Geetanjali Shree Daisy Rockwell Translation by Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell (translation) 9781911284611, 1911284614 instant download after payment.

Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree & translated by Daisy Rockwell, won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction.

Tomb of Sand is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize, & the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognised by the award.  Set in northern India, the novel follows the adventures of an 80-year-old woman who unexpectedly gains a new, & highly unconventional, lease of life. 

The result is a book that is engaging, funny and utterly original, at the same time as being an urgent & timely protest against the destructive impact of borders & boundaries - whether between religions, countries or genders. 

"This is a luminous novel of India & partition, but one whose spellbinding brio & fierce compassion weaves youth & age, male & female, family & nation into a kaleidoscopic whole." -  Frank Wynne, Chair of the Booker Prize judges

Author of five novels & several story collections, Geetanjali Shree’s work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian & Korean. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize & has received numerous accolades. She lives in New Delhi.

Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer & translator living in the US. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi & Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, & Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her 2019 translation of Krishna Sobti's A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There was awarded the Modern Language Association’s Aldo & Jeanne Scaglione Translation Prize. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.