Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

By Cyrus Mistry

Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

By Cyrus Mistry

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Specifications

Print Length

248 pages

Language

English

Publisher

Rupa Publications Co.

Publication date

1 January 2014

ISBN

9789382277354

Weight

0.55 pound

Description

At the very edge of its many interlocking worlds, the city of Bombay conceals a near invisible community of Parsi corpse bearers, the khandhias, who carry the bodies of the deceased to the Towers of Silence. Ostracized by society, often wretchedly poor, theirs is a lot that nobody would willingly espouse. Yet, that’s exactly what Phiroze Elchidana, son of a revered Parsi priest, does when he falls in love with Sepideh, the daughter of an ageing khandhia… Derived from a true story, Cyrus Mistry’s novel is a moving account of tragic love that, at the same time, brings to vivid and unforgettable life the degradation experienced by those who inhabit the unforgiving margins of history.


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