Κλειδάριθμος Καμένη Ζάχαρη

A different perspective on the most fundamental relationship of our lives "I would be lying if I claimed that my mother's unhappiness has never given me pleasure." Tara remembers the past in a certain way; Adara remembers it quite differently. Each woman has wounds inflicted on her by the other. Each tends to her wounds with the jealous delight of a lover. In her youth, Tara was unruly. She left a loveless marriage for an ashram, briefly lived as a beggar (mostly to spite her wealthy parents), and spent a few years chasing a scruffy, homeless "artist"—all with her daughter in tow. . Now she's forgetting things, messing up her maid's wages, leaving the gas on all night, and Adara is faced with the obligation to take care of a woman who never took care of her. A book about memory and myth, about how the stories you tell yourself eventually become more real than your own face in the mirror. An exploration of jealousy, obsession, betrayal, a love story – not between lovers, but between mother and daughter. Full of caustic wit, Burnt Sugar questions how much we really know about the people closest to us and, by extension, about ourselves. Nominated for Man Booker 2020 Nominated for Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 Sushila Devi Award 2021 Translated in 25 countries They said about the book: "Beautifully written, with emotional tensions, sometimes poignant." -Booker Prize Jury "An anxious, brooding debut that surprises the reader with its venom and disarms it with its humor from the very first sentence." –Guardian "A work that is the product of extraordinary insight, courage and technique." –Washington Post “Avni Doshi is not just a talented writer, she's an artist. He knows the difference between hard lines and shadows – both start out the same, but their difference becomes apparent in intent and style. Her suggestions are sharply designed and shockingly accurate. There is not a word wasted, no fragments, no flourishes to hide behind. Her voice is so spare and raw, so excruciatingly stubborn and original, you want to hear it over and over again." –New York Times Book Review Avni Doshi was born in 1982 in New Jersey and is now based in Dubai. In 2013 he won the Tibor Jones South Asia Award and in 2014 the Charles Pick Scholarship at the University of East Anglia. Burnt Sugar is her first novel and has already been translated into 25 countries. It was shortlisted for the Man Book Prize in 2020, nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2021 and won the Sushila Devi Prize in 2021.