Cuckold

DETAILS : 

• Author : Kiran Nagarkar
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harpercollins Publishers
  
• Publication Date : 30 May 2003
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 624 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8172232578
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8172232573
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 685 g

ABOUT THE BOOK 

Cuckold is set in the historic 16th century, in the Rajput Kingdom of Mewar. The region is ruled by Rana Sangha, who has been trying to establish peace with the Sultans of Malwa, Delhi, and Gujarat. His eldest son is Maharaj Kumar Bhoj Raj, who is the crown prince of Mewar. This fictional character is based on the real life Rajpur prince, Thakur Bhojraj.

Maharaj Kumar is the narrator of Cuckold, and he is married to Meera Bai, the princess of Mewar. Meera claims that she cannot cohabitat with the prince because she is already married to the Hindu god, Lord Krishna. Maharaj Kumar feels frustrated and tries hard to win the affections of his beautiful new bride. Meanwhile, war ravages all around the kingdom as people fight over who will be king after Rana Sangha. Cuckold is filled with elements of history, politics, passion, devotion, heartbreak, and so much more.

Kiran Nagarkar’s writing is entertaining, edgy, witty, and easy. Readers will be taken into a world of Rajput military strategies, palaces, warring kingdoms, and unusual love stories. This epic’s appeal is truly universal.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Kiran Nagarkar, born in 1942, is an Indian author, critic, screenwriter, and playwright. He specialises in both English and Marathi, and some of his works include Stranger Amongst Us, Saat Sakkam Trachealis, and Ravan And Eddie. The author is an alumni of Fergusson College, Pune and S.I.E.S. College, Mumbai. He was a writer-in-residence in 2011 at the Literaturhaus Zurich and the PWG Foundation. He has been honoured with the Order of Merit by the Republic of Germany. Nagarkar has won the H.N. Apte Award, the Dalmia Award, and a Rockefeller grant. He lives in Mumbai.

FROM THE BACK COVER

The time is early 16th century. The Rajput kingdom of Mewar is at the height of its power. It is locked in war with the Sultanates of Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa. But there is another deadly battle being waged within Mewar itself. who will inherit the throne after the death of the Maharana? The course of history, not just of Mewar but of the whole of India, is about to be changed forever.At the centre of Cuckold is the narrator, heir apparent of Mewar, who questions the codes, conventions and underlying assumptions of the feudal world of which he is a part, a world in which political and personal conduct are dictated by values of courage, valour and courtesy; and death is preferable to dishonour.A quintessentially Indian story, Cuckold has an immediacy and appeal that are truely universal.