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by Sanjay Bahadur

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Written with an insider's authority, "The Sound of Water" is a searing fictional expos of the appalling conditions that Indian miners endure, and a moving story of the spiritual strength that enables them to survive against the odds.

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Longlisted for the 2007 Man Asian Prize, a gripping debut novel about an Indian mining disaster as seen from the perspectives of the miners, their families, and the officials charged with rescuing them.

Written by a former director of the Indian Ministry of Coal, and loosely based on the disastrous flood at the Bagdihi colliery in 2001, which trapped and killed dozens of miners, The Sound of Water is written with both an insider's authority and rare literary style. Its suspenseful narrative is presented from three perspectives: The old miner struggling to save himself and his coworkers hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth; the company and government officials charged with managing the rescue efforts, but who are seemingly far more concerned with managing their careers; and, finally, the miners' families, who stand to gain life-changing sums as a consequence of their losses.

A searing fictional expos of the appalling conditions that Indian miners endure and a moving story of the spiritual strength and conviction that enables one to survive against the odds, The Sound of Water dares to inaugurate "alternate realism," a fresh genre very different from the soul-baring autobiographies and epic family sagas that have characterized so much of recent Indian fiction.

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  • Title The Sound of Water
  • Author Sanjay Bahadur
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atria Books, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2009-06-30
  • Features Glossary, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781416585695 / 1416585699
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.18 x 0.69 in (22.71 x 15.70 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008040499
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 05/15/2009, Page 21
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2009, Page 0

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Sanjay Bahadur has advanced degrees in economics and business administration and has been a member of the Indian Civil Service since 1989. From 2000 to 2004 he was a director in the Indian Ministry of Coal, where he observed the Bagdihi disaster close up; today he works in Goa, where he is Additional Commissioner of Income Tax. He is at work on his second novel, which will be set during the Great Indian Revolt of 1857.
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