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020			_a9780143467694
082			_a813.6 IQB
100			_aIqbal, Sabin
245			_aTales from Qabristan
260			_aGurugram _bVintage by Penguin Randam House India Pvt. Ltd. _c2025
300			_a343
520			_aIn a small backwater village in Kerala, Farook prepares to bury his father in the qabristan behind the mosque. As the rituals proceed, he is filled with memories of his growing years. Memories of the village, of secret lives, sexual proclivities, superstitions—and above all, the slow decaying of his family. Tales from Qabristan is a strikingly vivid portrayal of a boy trying to understand the world through the eyes of the adults around him, as he navigates failure, love, life and death. Its language often slipping into magical realism, traversing the realms of both fantasy and reality, the novel reminds us that children are capable of discerning extremely complex realities even if they cannot fully understand them.
650			_aCemetery--Tales
650			_aQabristan
650			_aStories
650			_aFiction
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