Geetanjali Shree The Roof Beneath Their Feet review, recensie en informatie roman uit 2001 van de Indiase Hindi schrijfster. Op 3 februari 2026 verschijnt bij And Other Stories de Engelse vertaling van Tirohit de roman van Geetanjali Shree, de schrijfster uit India. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.
Geetanjali Shree The Roof Beneath Their Feet review en recensie
- “One of the finest Hindi writers, Geetanjali has created for herself a thoughtful, lyrical and contemporary fictional world, which is free from moral posturing and political hectoring. And Rahul Soni’s English translation of The Roof Beneath Their Feet is attentive to its poetic nuances and intelligently responsive to its complexity.” (Alok Bhalla)
- “This is a playful, suggestive and lyrical work of fiction in the best traditions of the modern Indian novel. She [Geetanjali] plays language and memory like musical instruments. Words construct her text while the silences constitute the subtext. The roof in the novel becomes a space, something like the virtual world, where alternative lives are played out, and instinct and imagination break free of fragile social mores and conventions. liberatingly uninhibited and intensely poetic.” (K. Satchidanandan)
- “Shree is an excellent observer of women’s inner lives … This book has come at last, and for me it has come as a breath of fresh air.” (The Observer)
- “Geetanjali Shree’s prose is animated – the walls and doors have a special role to play. They hold people’s secrets. They have seen and heard things. They have eyes and ears, but none of the biases of people.” (Hindustan Times)
The Roof Beneath Their Feet
- Auteur: Geetanjali Shree (India)
- Soort boek: Indiase roman, Hindi roman
- Origineel: Tirohit (2001)
- Engelse vertaling: Rabul Soni
- Verschijnt: 3 februari 2026
- Omvang: 184 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman van Geetanjali Shree de Indiase Hindi schrijfster
First publication (outside of India) for this playful and moving masterpiece of psychological intrigue and feminist space-making by the International Booker winner.
In this Indian modern classic by the International Booker Prize-winning author, roofs are meant for wild things, for romance and for play. They are realms of freedom – freedom from the male gaze, sexual freedom and freedom from society. Chachcho and Lalna use their roofs to build a friendship that transcends time and memory.
Geetanjali Shree was born on 12 June 1957 in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India. She is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize and of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, along with Daisy Rockwell, for her novel, Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi in the Hindi original). The French translation, published as Ret Samadhi: Au-dela de la frontier was shortlisted for the Emile Guimet Prize, 2021. Geetanjali Shree is the author of four other novels: Mai, Hamara Shahar Us Baras (Our City That Year), Khali Jagah (Empty Space), Ret Samadhi (Tomb of Sand), and five collections of short stories. Her work has been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.