Black River (novel)

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Black River
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Author Nilanjana Roy
GenreMystery
Published2022 (Westland)
ISBN 9789395767118

Black River is a book written by Nilanjana Roy [1] and published by Westland Books. [2]

Contents

Plot

The book is about a crime saga [3] and murder mystery which explores love, grief and friendship. [4] Black River is set in a fictional village called Teetarpur near Delhi and centers around the murder of an 8-year old girl named Munia. The book explores themes of vigilante justice, religious discrimination, migrant struggles, political manipulation, corruption, misogyny, class barriers, and ecological destruction.

Critical reception and reviews

Sheila Kumar of Deccan Herald listed it in "the best of 2022". [5] It was on the hotlist for 2022 London Book Fair. [6]

Amrita Dutta of The Wire (India) wrote "The writing of Black River is vivid and lyrical", [7] Mukund Padmanabhan of Frontline (magazine) wrote "Roy's decision to frame the plot against the politics of the times is unexceptionable", [8] Bindu Menon of The Tribune India wrote "Franz Kafka once said, "A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us." Roy's 'Black River' makes the cut." [9] Saloni Sharma of Scroll.in wrote "With all its literary merit, Black River is also a book that is likely to appeal to most readers of crime fiction." [10]

The book has been also reviewed by Sheila Kumar of The New Indian Express [11] and Sucheta Dasgupta of The Asian Age. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Bari, Sarah Anjum (12 January 2023). "Three literary walks: Nilanjana Roy, Shehan Karunatilaka, Daisy Rockwell". The Daily Star . Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "On the shelf: Here are some of the e-books that you may find interesting". Financial Express . Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nilanjana Roy's Black River | Anatomy of a crime". India Today. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Black River by Nilanjana S Roy Is A Murder Mystery I An excerpt". SheThePeople. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Revisiting the best of 2022". Deccan Herald. 25 December 2022. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "London Book Fair 2022: agents' hotlists". The Bookseller . Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Review: 'Black River' Explores the Unseen Margins of Delhi but Falters on the Plot". The Wire. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Padmanabhan, Mukund (14 December 2022). "Persuasively alive: Review of Black River by Nilanjana S. Roy". Frontline. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "'Black River' by Nilanjana S Roy is a rural noir about grief, friendship and justice". The Tribune India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Sharma, Saloni. "'Black River': A genre-defying novel covertly raises questions of sociological, ecological decay". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nilanjana Roy's 'Black River' book review: On the margins of margin". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Dasgupta, Sucheta (20 November 2022). "Book Review | The soul of a river, poured into saga of fatherhood and crime". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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