A novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the story of an individual coming of age amid the social and political upheavals of twentieth-century India.
Bristles with outrage at the difficulty of living a life of one’s own and the disappointments of marriages and careers; marvels at the quicksilver joys of solidarity. We can only hope Bhattacharya’s next novel isn’t 15 years in coming.
