The Land of Elephants

A shocking secret of a family tragically divided in India in the 1950s and reunited in modern Zimbabwe. Nirmala spent almost her entire life in the shadow of her family and someone else's wealth. She came to see herself as a poor relative, a worthless being, someone looked down upon. Living in a shabby little house across the street from an imposing family mansion, she lives in fear of the wrath of the man she was forced to marry, who despises her son because the boy shows signs of epilepsy. But one day everything changes for Nirmala and little Varun: long-lost relatives invite them to visit Zimbabwe. Thawing in the company of newly found relatives, Nirmala regains the ability to stand up for her interests and to define her own life. The action of the novel unfolds in the Indian town of Navsari and the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, immersing the reader in the peculiarities of life on different continents and showcasing impressive images of life in India and Africa. For the first time in Russian.