My father's garden (Record no. 69411)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9788194446880
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Savera Book Distributors
Distributor address : 4754, Akarshan Bhawan, 23, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : INV/26-27/0267
Bill Date : 16/06/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823.3 SHE
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Shekhar, Hansda Sowvendra.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title My father's garden
Statement of responsibility, etc /Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Speaking Tiger,
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2019.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 191p.
Dimensions : 18cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 209
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A bold, brilliant book about love, heartbreak and politics by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, critically acclaimed and bestselling writer—shortlisted for the JCB prize. Spanning half a life, My father garden tells the story of a young doctor—the unnamed narrator—as he negotiates love and sexuality, his need for companionship, and the burdens of memory and familial expectation.The opening section, ‘lover’, finds him studying medicine in Jamshedpur. At college, he discovers an all-consuming passion for Samir, a Junior, who possesses his body, mind and heart. Yet, on their last morning together, when he asks Samir to kiss him goodbye, his lover tells him, ‘a kiss is only for someone special.’In ‘friend’, the young doctor, escaping heartbreak, finds relief in pakur where he strikes up an unusual friendship with Bada Babu, the head Clerk of the hospital where he is posted. In Bada Babu’s house, they indulge a shared love for drink, delicious food and convivial company. But when government bulldozers arrive to tear down the neighbourhood, and Bada Babu’s house, the young doctor uncovers a sordid tale of apathy and exploitation a side to his new friend that leaves him disillusioned.And in ‘father’, unable, ultimately, to flee the pain, the young doctor takes refuge in his parents’ home in ghatsila. As he heals, he reflects on his father - once a v vital man who had phenomenal success at work and in adivasi politics, then an equally precipitous downfall—and wonders if his obsessive gardening has anything to do with the choices his son has made.Written with deep empathy and searing emotional intensity, and in the clear, unaffected prose that is the hallmark of Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s style, My father garden marks a major talent of Indian fiction writing at the top of his form.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indic fiction (English)
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English fiction
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Father’s Garden
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 19/06/2026 Savera Book Distributors 209.00   823.3 SHE 31553 19/06/2026 19/06/2026 Books
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