Helium : a novel / Jaspreet Singh.
Publication details: Great Britain. ; Bloomsbury., 2013. Edition: First U.S. EditionDescription: 289 pages 23 cmISBN: 9382951725 (hardback)Subject(s): Students -- Fiction | College teachers -- Fiction | Wrongful death -- India -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | FICTION / GeneralGenre/Form: Mystery fiction.DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PR9199.4.S563 | H45 2013Other classification: FIC000000 Online resources: Cover image Summary: "On November 1st 1984, a day after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a nineteen-year-old student travels back from a class trip with his mentor and chemistry teacher, Professor Singh. As the group disembark at Delhi station a mob surrounds the professor, throws a tire over him, douses him in gasoline and sets him alight.Years later the student, Raj, is compelled to find his professor's widow, the beautiful Nelly. As the two walk through the misty mountains of Shimla, Nelly comes up against a nation in denial, Raj faces the truth about his father's role in the Sikh massacre and they both find the path leads back to the train station. Jaspreet Singh crafts an affecting and important story of a largely untouched moment in Indian memory"--
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Madras Club, Chennai | Asian Fiction | AF SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 019065 |
"On November 1st 1984, a day after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a nineteen-year-old student travels back from a class trip with his mentor and chemistry teacher, Professor Singh. As the group disembark at Delhi station a mob surrounds the professor, throws a tire over him, douses him in gasoline and sets him alight.Years later the student, Raj, is compelled to find his professor's widow, the beautiful Nelly. As the two walk through the misty mountains of Shimla, Nelly comes up against a nation in denial, Raj faces the truth about his father's role in the Sikh massacre and they both find the path leads back to the train station. Jaspreet Singh crafts an affecting and important story of a largely untouched moment in Indian memory"--
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