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From
the arresting opening line of Indra Sinha's vivid second novel
("I used to be human once"), the voice of Animal,
the narrator, leaps out to grab you by the throat. Bawdy,
irreverent and smart… Animal's People - part coming-of-age
Bildungsroman, part vicious critique of corporate terrorism
- is a bold and punchy tale.
New Statesman |
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Every
now and then you come across a novel so honest that it leaves
you gasping for breath - like a blow to the solar plexus.
The emotion is raw, the story honest and the language simply
that of the people. You know that once you start reading it
will break your heart and yet you keep turning the pages because
the story has to be told.
Indian Express |
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its first haunting words to the story's explosive ending,
you'll be drawn into Animal's strange life which is compelling,
honest, entertaining and entirely without self-pity.
Johannesburg News |
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Many
of you have read Indra's pieces on bhopal.net,
the 777 newsletters
and scores of campaign material he has produced in the last
fourteen years. imagine all of that anger, sadness, laughter,
bawdiness, absurdity and flights of power defying imagination
in one book - thats Animal's People. It is an intimately
gripping story told by 'Animal' a young survivor of the 'apokalis'
[apocalypse] in the city of Khaufpur. Everybody calls him
Animal because he lopes on his feet and hands due to his bent
spine - damage caused by the gases of the apokalis. He lies,
cheats, peeps at bathing women, thinks unprintable thoughts,
dreams wet dreams, verges on betraying the cause for justice
but throughout remains starkly real and immensely lovable.
The people around Animal are fellow survivors, activists,
American do gooders, musicians, government officials, lumpens
and lust objects. Together it is the story of the have-nothings
fighting the have-alls and winning. Khaufpur is as close or
far from Bhopal as you want it to be but I am sure you will
enjoy the retelling of the many campaigns that all of you
have been part of and recognise the intricacies of wickedness
and resistance in a gassed city. For sure it has the power
to make a whole new set of people curious and potentially
sympathetic to the ongoing struggle of Bhopal. The book is
published in England and available on Amazon
UK . Please forward this and encourage friends to buy
this brilliant book.
Sathyu Sarangi, International Campaign
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NIJINSKY AS
THE FAUNE IN L'APRES MIDI D'UN FAUNE
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