Qabar

What starts as a court case over a disputed grave opens into something considerably stranger. Translated from Malayalam by Nisha Susan, Qabar moves between legal procedure, memory and magic, letting the ordinary machinery of a hearing give way to older histories. Questions of faith, identity and who gets believed run beneath the surface of every exchange. The book is short, which concentrates its effect, and K. R. Meera's prose keeps its density in English. It sits within contemporary Indian literary fiction while borrowing openly from folklore. Notable aspects: • A novella translated from Malayalam by Nisha Susan • Legal narrative combined with elements of folklore • Themes of faith, memory, identity and belonging • Short enough to read in one or two sittings For readers of translated Indian literature and literary fiction, from Boipoka.