Chronicle of A Corpse Bearer
By Cyrus Mistry.
Description
AT THE VERY EDGE OF ITS MANY INTERLOCKING WORLDS, THE CITY OF BOMBAY CONCEALS A NEAR INVISIBLE COMMUNITY OF PARSI CORPSE BEARERS, WHOSE JOB IT IS TO CARRY BODIES OF THE DECEASED TO THE TOWERS OF SILENCE. SEGREGATED AND SHUNNED FROM SOCIETY, OFTEN WRETCHEDLY POOR, THEIRS IS A LOT THAT NOBODY WOULD WILLINGLY ESPOUSE. YET THATS EXACTLY WHAT PHIROZE ELCHIDANA, SON OF A REVERED PARSI PRIEST, DOES WHEN HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH SEPIDEH, THE DAUGHTER OF AN AGING CORPSE BEARER... DERIVED FROM A TRUE STORY, CYRUS MISTRYS EXTRAORDINARY NEW NOVEL IS A MOVING ACCOUNT OF TRAGIC LOVE THAT, AT THE SAME TIME, ...
ISBN(s)
8192328058, 9788192328058
