{"product_id":"the-fertile-earth-hardcover","title":"The Fertile Earth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuthvika Rao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable story of love and resistance surrounding two young people born across social lines, set against a tumultuous political landscape in India. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--THE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVijaya and Sree are the daughters of the Deshmukhs of Irumi. Hailing from a lineage of ancestral aristocrats, their family's social status and power over villagers on their land is absolute. Krishna and Ranga, brothers, are the sons of a widowed servant in the Deshmukh household. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Vijaya and Krishna meet, they forge an intense bond that is beautiful and dangerous. But after an innocent attempt to hunt down a man-eating tiger in the jungle goes wrong, what happens between the two of them is disastrous, the consequences reverberating through their lives into young adulthood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, when violent uprisings rip across the countryside and the Marxist, ultra-left Naxalite movement arrives in Irumi, Vijaya and Krishna are forced to navigate the insurmountable differences of land ownership and class warfare in a country that is burning from the inside out--while being irresistibly drawn back to each other, their childhood bond now full of possibilities neither of them are willing to admit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fertile Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a vast, ambitious debut that is equal parts historical, political, and human, with the enduring ties of love and family loyalty at its heart. Who can be loved? What are the costs of transgressions? How can justice be measured, and who will be alive to bear witness?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuthvika Rao\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and recipient of the Henfield Prize in fiction. She was born in Warangal district, Telangana, and grew up in Hyderabad. Her short fiction has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, New Letters, StoryQuarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.55 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751722647840,"sku":"9781250899903","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/33896cdfeab96d4143ae6674cc93c893.webp?v=1779978664","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fertile-earth-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}