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A Burning
Location(s): India
Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
Era(s): Contemporary
Megha Majumdar’s simmering, ambitious debut follows three seemingly separate characters whose lives intertwine after a terrorist attack on a train in India. Jivan, a Muslim girl raised in the slums, is accused of inciting the attack, and her case is only aggravated by PT Sir, a gym teacher who enmeshes himself in right-wing politics. Meanwhile, Lovely, an outcast with big dreams, realizes she can save Jivan — if she’s willing to make an enormous sacrifice.
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