02045nam a2200301Ia 4500 OSt 20250314161955.0 210210b2020 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789389648164 AL eng 820.33 MURE MURUGAN (Perumal) 206494 Estuary Chennai Eka 2020 xi,243 Late at night, Kumarasurar’s phone rings shrilly. His teenage son is calling. What could he want? A seemingly simple demand torments Kumarasurar, who fears it might put his finances—and perhaps his son’s life—in jeopardy. As a father’s anxieties unravel, his memories undermine his self-worth and imaginary scenes of damnation taunt him. Estuary brings alive the different ways—absurd and endearing by turns—in which a man and his young son navigate the contemporary world. In the process, it peels back the layers of Kumarasurar’s loneliness: the hurt of a married man whose wife cares only for the happiness of their child, the endless monotony of an office job, and the struggle of the salaried middle-class to give their children the best chance of success. Perumal Murugan’s latest novel, his first in an urban setting, is also a razor-sharp parody of everything from e-commerce to the fitness industry, art appreciation to political manipulation, cram schools to social networks. Through a meditative exploration of a father’s emotional landscape, Murugan tells of a world wrecked by unchecked consumerism and an obsession with growth, where technology overrides common sense and degrees don’t guarantee education. And, with characteristic tenderness, he also weaves in a way to redemption. Tr 206495 Nandini 206496 Krishnan 206497 Kazhimugam 206498 Estuary 206499 by 206500 Indian English Fiction 206501 Nandini Krishnan Tr, 206502 074484 ddc BK 125679 125679 0 0 ddc 0 0 ENG AL AL 2021-02-17 Biblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014 499.00 2 820.33 MURE 074484 2023-04-10 00:00:00 2023-03-29 2021-02-17 BK