{"product_id":"the-fertile-earth-paperback","title":"The Fertile Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuthvika Rao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable story of love and resistance surrounding two young people born across social lines, set against a tumultuous political landscape in India. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--THE WASHINGTON POST\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a rural Indian village, two families live on opposite sides of the class divide. On one side are the landowning aristocrats; on the other are the landless indentured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Vijaya, Sree, Krishna, and Ranga--the children of these families--are carrying on a secret friendship. One summer, when a man-eating tiger attacks the village, the four make an ill-advised plan to go into the jungle to capture it. The hunt, and its catastrophic end, entwines their fates, and the repercussions play out over the next decade as they come of age, with violent conflict erupting between the classes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, Ruthvika Rao's \u003ci\u003eThe Fertile Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel in which the private rites of friendship, kinship, and great love collide with a political revolution and the forces of beauty and power are intertwined into \"a masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuthvika Rao\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and recipient of the Henfield Prize in fiction. She was born in Warangal district, Telangana, and grew up in Hyderabad. Her short fiction has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, New Letters, StoryQuarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.19 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52581107138867,"sku":"9781250899972","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/baGnN1jQz59781250899972.webp?v=1761544444","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-fertile-earth-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}