Evening is the Whole Day

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  • Author: Preeta Samarasan
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Catalogue: 177703
  • Size: 13x20cm
Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan is an exuberant, magical vision of post-colonial Malaysia and a vibrant portrait of a country coming of age, as well as a strong and urgent story about caste and unfairness, centred around a family struggling to deal with its past.

The dismissal of the Rajasekharan family’s servant girl Chellam, for unnamed crimes, is only the latest in a series of losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha’s life. Her grandmother has passed away under mysterious circumstances, and her older sister has disappeared for a new life abroad. But what was Chellam’s unforgiveable crime? Moreover, what is Appa - the family patriarch - hiding from his wife and children?