{"product_id":"unclaimed-terrain-by-ajay-navaria-9781922146892","title":"Unclaimed Terrain","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of the lead story in this collection occupies an \u003cem\u003eunclaimed terrain\u003c\/em\u003e, as do many of Ajay Navaria's characters. Journeying from a Dantewada village in India's east to the town of Nagpur and from there to Mumbai, the Byronic protagonist is raped, works as a masseur and then as a gigolo even while pursuing his education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe city teaches him the many meanings of labour, and he is freed—if ultimately destroyed—by its infinite possibilities for self-invention. As complex as they are political, Navaria's characters—ranging from a Brahmin labourer to a Dalit male prostitute—are neither black nor white, neither clearly good nor evil. They inhabit a grey zone; they linger in the transitional space between past object and future subject, between caste and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnclaimed Terrain\u003c\/em\u003e represents Giramondo's commitment to South Asian literature and to writing which explores social difference and inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846901256428,"sku":"9781922146892","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9880043482872.jpg?v=1758927753","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/unclaimed-terrain-by-ajay-navaria-9781922146892","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}