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''Gods and Ends'' was short-listed for the 2021 [[JCB Prize for Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira|url=https://scroll.in/article/1006848/jcb-prize-shortlist-2021-vj-james-daribha-lynden-shabir-ahmad-mir-m-mukundan-lindsay-pereira|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-04|title=Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/debuts-and-translations-make-up-the-jcb-prize-2021-shortlist-111633324178619.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=JCB Book Awards {{!}} Literature Award India {{!}} JCB Book Prize|url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=2021 JCB Prize for Literature longlist is announced|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/debut-authors-dominate-2021-jcb-prize-longlist-7491868/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> A citation from the judges said: "With a biting sense of humour and a quirky voice, Lindsay Pereira puts forth an intriguing debut. Part of the attraction lies in its unconventional form and structure. Each of the residents of Obrigado mansion seem to be competing in being more malevolent and pathetic than the other, making each of them particularly foul, but Pereira doesn’t offer any excuses for them, making them all unforgettable."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/longlist2021/index/625e7101-d6df-4731-aba1-a0bb8bc94e7a|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref>
''Gods and Ends'' was short-listed for the 2021 [[JCB Prize for Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira|url=https://scroll.in/article/1006848/jcb-prize-shortlist-2021-vj-james-daribha-lynden-shabir-ahmad-mir-m-mukundan-lindsay-pereira|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-04|title=Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/debuts-and-translations-make-up-the-jcb-prize-2021-shortlist-111633324178619.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=Mintlounge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=JCB Book Awards {{!}} Literature Award India {{!}} JCB Book Prize|url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/|access-date=2021-10-04|website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=2021 JCB Prize for Literature longlist is announced|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/debut-authors-dominate-2021-jcb-prize-longlist-7491868/|access-date=2021-09-06|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> A citation from the judges said: "With a biting sense of humour and a quirky voice, Lindsay Pereira puts forth an intriguing debut. Part of the attraction lies in its unconventional form and structure. Each of the residents of Obrigado mansion seem to be competing in being more malevolent and pathetic than the other, making each of them particularly foul, but Pereira doesn’t offer any excuses for them, making them all unforgettable."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejcbprize.org/longlist2021/index/625e7101-d6df-4731-aba1-a0bb8bc94e7a|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.thejcbprize.org}}</ref>

The novel was also shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction in November, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Literature Live! First Book Award - Fiction -|url=https://tatalitlive.in/awards/tata-literature-live-first-book-award-fiction/|access-date=2021-11-17|website=Tata Literature Live!|language=en-US}}</ref>


==The author==
==The author==

Revision as of 21:35, 17 November 2021

Gods and Ends
AuthorLindsay Pereira
CountryIndia
PublisherPenguin Random House India
Publication date
March 2021
Pages256 pp
ISBN9780670094387

Gods and Ends is the debut novel by writer Lindsay Pereira. It was published by Penguin Random House India in March 2021.[1] Set in Orlem, Malad, a suburb of Mumbai populated by a large Roman Catholic community. It is described as a book about invisible people in a city of millions, and the claustrophobia they rarely manage to escape from.[2]

The title is a reference to people who are twice marginalized—for being a minority community and living in a small, lesser-known part of a large suburb.[3] The novel was described by The Hindu as "a stark and fearless portrayal of the Roman Catholic community in the Bombay of yore."[4] The publication Firstpost described it as "stark in its simplicity," adding that the writer "uses dialogue and narration with good effect, giving each character enough space to tell their story."[5] The newspaper Mid Day said "Pereira’s chronicling subtly encapsulates their eccentricities, including the diction and acerbic humour, all of which will resonate with not just Bombaywallahs."[6]

Platform Magazine wrote: "The tragedy of this book and its characters is real, and the narrative manages to create necessary space for the lives and stories of people, who are generally erased from our imagination of the limitless city of Bombay."[7] The writer Janhavi Acaharekar, reviewing the book, wrote: "Pereira’s well-crafted characters are born of a familiarity with the milieu he writes about, and his honesty is brutal."[8] A review in the Mint Lounge called it "an acerbic, funny and, at times, brutally honest portrayal of Goan Catholics settled in the suburb of Orlem."[9]

Gods and Ends was short-listed for the 2021 JCB Prize for Literature.[10][11][12][13] A citation from the judges said: "With a biting sense of humour and a quirky voice, Lindsay Pereira puts forth an intriguing debut. Part of the attraction lies in its unconventional form and structure. Each of the residents of Obrigado mansion seem to be competing in being more malevolent and pathetic than the other, making each of them particularly foul, but Pereira doesn’t offer any excuses for them, making them all unforgettable."[14]

The novel was also shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction in November, 2021.[15]

The author

Born in Orlem, Malad, Lindsay Pereira grew up in Bombay.[16] He studied at St. Xavier's College and the University of Mumbai and obtained a PhD in literature for his work on gender attitudes implicit in nineteenth-century Indian fiction.[17] He has worked as a journalist and writer for publications including The Huffington Post,[18] The Globe and Mail,[19] and New York Observer[20] and has been a columnist with the daily Mid-Day since 2015.[21][22]

He was also co-editor with the late poet Eunice de Souza of Women's Voices: Selections from Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Indian Writing in English, published by Oxford University Press.[23]

References

  1. ^ Gods and Ends. ISBN 9780670094387. Retrieved 2021-04-27. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Hegde, Sahana. "'Gods and Ends': Lindsay Pereira's novel offers an unflinching eye for stories of the wretched". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  3. ^ Janardhan, Arun. ""There are other lives, other voices": Journalist Lindsay Pereira on his debut novel Gods and Ends". GQ India. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. ^ Anima, P. "A menagerie of people who wither away". @businessline. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  5. ^ "Gods and Ends author Lindsay Pereira: 'Bombay has the ability to horrify or surprise at every turn' -Art-and-culture News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  6. ^ "Arre baba, dis is Orlem". www.mid-day.com. 2021-03-20. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  7. ^ Verma, Nidhi (2021-04-07). "Lindsay Pereira". www.platform-mag.com. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  8. ^ Acharekar, Janhavi (2021-05-08). "Hopeless in hovels: Janhavi Acharekar reviews Lindsay Pereira's 'Gods and Ends'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  9. ^ "Those miserable Goan Catholics of Mumbai's Orlem". Mintlounge. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  10. ^ Scroll Staff. "JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  11. ^ "Debuts and translations make up the JCB Prize 2021 shortlist". Mintlounge. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  12. ^ "JCB Book Awards | Literature Award India | JCB Book Prize". www.thejcbprize.org. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  13. ^ "2021 JCB Prize for Literature longlist is announced". The Indian Express. 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  14. ^ www.thejcbprize.org https://www.thejcbprize.org/longlist2021/index/625e7101-d6df-4731-aba1-a0bb8bc94e7a. Retrieved 2021-09-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "Tata Literature Live! First Book Award - Fiction -". Tata Literature Live!. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  16. ^ Pereira, Lindsay (2017-04-21). "Of ghosts, fêtes and chicken lollipops". mint. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  17. ^ "Lindsay Pereira". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  18. ^ "Lindsay Pereira | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  19. ^ "What I learned as a Michael Jackson impersonator in Mumbai". Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  20. ^ "Lindsay Pereira". Observer. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  21. ^ "lindsay-pereira News : Read Latest News on lindsay-pereira , Photos, Live Interviews and Videos Online". www.mid-day.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  22. ^ Janardhan, Arun. ""There are other lives, other voices": Journalist Lindsay Pereira on his debut novel Gods and Ends". GQ India. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  23. ^ "Women's Voices - Paperback - Eunice de Souza, Lindsay Pereira - Oxford University Press". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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