Cut Like Wound By Anita Nair
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Introduction
Cut Like Wound By Anita Nair - Cut Like Wound is a detective fiction novel written by Anita Nair, set in the city of Bengaluru. The novel, written in Indian English, was first published in India by Harper Collins. To bring out the true functioning of a police establishment in India, the author interacted in real life with the officials in a police station. It is Anita Nair's first book of crime fiction. This book also marks the entry of Borei Gowda as detective protagonist.
Characters
- Borei Gowda
- Gowda's wife Mamatha
- Urmila
- Vidyaprasad
- Santosh
- Anna/Caddie Ravi
Summary
Cut Like Wound By Anita Nair - The story of the
novel Cut Like Wound begins on the first evening of Ramzan, 1 August 2012, and ends about a month later in
September on St Mary's Feast. On the first evening of Ramzan, in
Bengaluru, a call girl decides to go out in the public for the first time. She
is a transgender person who is said to be a psychopath, and lures a victim and
kills him. More murders occur and past murders are also linked to it.
Cut Like Wound By Anita Nair - The investigation
into the murder is conducted by Inspector Gowda and Santosh. Combating apathy both at
personal and professional levels, Gowda manages to crack the case. He discovers
a set pattern to the murders, which leads to his conclusion that these murders
might be the work of a serial killer.
The novel is told across the sights and smells of Bangalore and speaks about the people, customs and geography of the city.
About Author
Anita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best
known for her novels A Better Man, Mistress, and Lessons in Forgetting. She has also written poetry,
essays, short stories, crime fiction, historical fiction, romance, and
children's literature, including Muezza and Baby Jaan: Stories from
the Quran.
Early life and education
Nair was born in Shoranur in Palakkad district
of Kerala.
Nair was educated in Chennai (Madras) before returning to Kerala,
where she gained a BA in English Language and Literature. Cut Like Wound By Anita Nair Plot Summary, Introduction, Characters, About Author Life
Career
Nair was working as
the creative director of an advertising agency in Bangalore when
she wrote her first book, a collection of short stories called Satyr of the Subway, which
she sold to Har-Anand Press. The book won her a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Nair's
second book was published by Penguin India,
and was the first book by an Indian author to be published by Picador USA.
Among Nair's early commercial
works were pieces she penned in the late 1990s for The Bangalore Monthly
magazine (now called Explocity
Bangalore), published by Explocity in
a column titled 'The Economical Epicurean'.
Thereafter followed Nair's
novel The Better Man (2000) which was also
published in Europe and the United States. In 2002, Ladies Coupé was
elected as one of the five best in India. The novel is about women's conditions
in a male dominated
society, told with great insight, solidarity and humour. Nair's
novels The Better Man and Ladies Coupé have
been translated into 21 languages. Her 2018 novel Eating Wasps is an
update to Ladies Coupé.
In 2002, her debut collection of
poems Malabar Mind was published, and in 2003 Where the
Rain is Born – Writings about Kerala which she has edited.
Nair has also written The Puffin Book of Myths and Legends (2004),
a children's book on myths and legends.
Nair's writings about Kerala and
her poetry has been included in The Poetry India Collection and
a British Council Poetry Workshop Anthology.
Her poems appeared in The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of
English Poetry from India, featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by
Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada.
Nair has also written other
books, such as Mistress (2003), Adventures of Nonu, the Skating
Squirrel (2006), Living Next Door to Alise (2007) and Magical
Indian Myths (2008). Nair's works also include many travelogues. With the
play Nine Faces of Being, she became a playwright, adapting the script from her book Mistress Her
book Cut Like Wound (2012) introduced the
fictional character Inspector Gowda. The second book in the series Chain
of Custody was published in 2015. Other works by Nair include The
Lilac House (2012) and Alphabet Soup for Lovers (2016).
Her sixth novel Idris:
Keeper of The Light (2014) is a historical and geographical novel about a
Somalian trader who visited Malabar in 1659 AD.
She has also written several
audiobooks, including A Field of Flowers (2021) and Little Duck
Girl, narrated by Prakash Raj. Twin Beds was voiced by Konkona Sen Sharma and Satyadeep Mishra,
and she voiced the audiobooks Why
I Killed My Husband and Satyr of the Subway.
In January 2022, Anita Nair
was interviewed for
the podcast, The Literary City with Ramjee Chandran.
Awards and recognitions
·
Arch of Excellence
Award by the All India Achievers' Conference, New Delhi for Literature
·
2007 LiBeraturpreis,
finalist, Germany.
·
2008 FLO FICCI Women
Achievers Award, for literature
·
2009 Montblanc
honored her with the launch of the Special Edition writing instrument in India;
for her novel contribution to literature, enforcing cross cultural endeavors
and enlightening experiences that have transcended an inexhaustible diversity
of forms – barriers of language, cultures and identities.
·
2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for her
contribution to literature and culture
·
2014 The Hindu Literary Prize shortlist
for Idris Keeper of the Light
·
2015 Global
Ambassador for Women for Expo May
·
2017 Crossword Book Award, Jury Award, Children's
category, Muezza and Baby Jaan
· 2020 UNHCR appointment as a high-profile supporter
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