Invisible: A Tale of the Eunuchs of India

The Invisible: A Tale of the Eunuchs of India by Zia Jaffrey. Published by Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 1996. 1st Stated Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good- DJ. 293 Pgs. ISBN 0679415777. In this spellbinding book - at once travelogue, history, interview, and fiction - the author invents a hybrid voice to match her subject, as she meets journalists, police commissioners, detective, and doctors and tries to trace the hijras' tradition through layers and layers of obfuscation and denial, as well as through Hindu, Muslim, and British history. She is drawn into a labyrinthine network of connections, coverups, and contradictions as mysterious as India itself. This is the first major book on this taboo and invisible subject, a compelling work and an enthralling debut that heralds and exciting and serious new voice. Description text copyright 2005 BooksForComfort. Item ID 9104.