| Publisher |
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited |
| Publication Year |
2018 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789388070621 |
| ISBN-10 |
9789388070621 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
152 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
295 |
The magic in this novel kept me spellbound… I am in love with The Son of The Thundercloud.’—Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Scroll.inAfter losing all his family in a terrible famine, a man leaves his village with just the clothes on his back, never once looking back. For endless miles he walks through a landscape as desolate as his heart. Until two ancient women who have waited for rain for four hundred years lead him to the Village of Weavers where a prophecy will be fulfilled. A single drop of rain will impregnate the tiger-widow and her son will slay the spirit-tiger. The traveller will help the woman bring up the boy. He will witness miracles and tragedy and come close to finding a home again. And he will learn that love and life are eternal.In her new novel, Easterine Kire, winner of the Hindu Prize, combines lyrical storytelling with the magic and wisdom of Naga legends to produce an unforgettable, life-affirming fable
Easterine Kire
EASTERINE KIRE is a poet, short story writer, and novelist from Nagaland. She wrote A Naga Village Remembered in 2003—the first Naga novel in English. In 2013, she was awarded the ‘Free Word’ Prize by Catalan PEN, Barcelona. Her novel, When the River Sleeps, won the Hindu Prize for Best Fiction, 2015. Her latest novel, Son of the Thundercloud, was awarded the Tata Book of the Year Award, 2017, and the Bal Sahitya Puraskar, 2018. Kire has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Poona.
Easterine Kire
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited