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Geetanjali Shree

गीतांजलि श्री

Born 1957 · India

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    International Booker 2022 · Winner

    Tomb of Sand

    रेत समाधि · Ret Samadhi

    Geetanjali Shree · 61 when first published

    Novel · Family

    Translated by Daisy Rockwell

    AI-generated summary:Close to eighty and newly widowed, a grandmother turns her back on her squabbling joint family and takes to her bed, then gets up as a new woman, free of the taboos that once bound her.

    Also: Warwick Prize 2022 winner