About the Book: A Guardian And A Thief
Megha Majumdars electrifying new novel, following her acclaimed New York Times
bestseller A Burning—longlisted for the National Book Award—is set in a
near-future Kolkata, India, ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, in
which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other. A
piercing and propulsive tour de force.
In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old
daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city
behind to join Mas husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited
visas from the consulate, they pack their