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Violence
Very heavy
Graphic massacre violence; murder and communal killing depicted directly; bodies on trains
Language
Some
Some crude language; period-appropriate content
Sexual Content
Some
A sexual relationship depicted; some erotic scenes
Substance Use
Some
Alcohol use depicted
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Religious hatred, moral paralysis in the face of ethnic cleansing, and traumatic historical violence
What this book is about
In 1947, the border village of Mano Majra witnesses its Muslim population herded onto trains as Partition violence erupts around them. Singh's spare, devastating novel centers on a Sikh criminal whose love for a Muslim girl forces a sacrifice. The horror of communal massacre is rendered with brutal honesty.
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Graphic Partition massacre violence
Communal religious killing
Deeply disturbing historical content
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