02215nam a2200313Ia 4500003000400000005001700004008004000021020001800061040000700079041000800086082001600094100003000110245001300140260002300153300001100176520132600187650001501513650002001528650002101548650002301569650002001592650001501612690003501627700003301662906001101695942001201706999001901718952016401737OSt20250314161955.0210210b2020   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789389648164  cAL  aeng  a820.33 MURE  aMURUGAN (Perumal)9206494  aEstuary   aChennaibEkac2020  axi,243  aLate 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.  aTr9206495  aNandini9206496  aKrishnan9206497  aKazhimugam9206498  aEstuary9206499  aby9206500  aIndian English Fiction9206501  aNandini Krishnan Tr,9206502  a074484  2ddccBK  c125679d125679  00102ddc40708ENGaALbALd2021-02-17eBiblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014g499.00l2o820.33 MUREp074484r2023-04-10 00:00:00s2023-03-29w2021-02-17yBK