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Jezebel by Meera, K.R.; Sriram, Abhirami Girija; Bijukumar, K.S. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Jezebel about?

Translated from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar Jezebel, a young doctor in Kerala, struggles against the cruel realities of a patriarchal world-realities that not even her education, resolve or professional brilliance can shield her from. Her already contentious divorce proceedings go suddenly awry, and her unhappy marriage holds complex secrets. In K.R. Meera's blistering new novel, which takes the form of a courtroom drama to show us the rich inner worlds of its characters, we see Jezebel reflect on her life and its pivotal points as she takes the stand. Through her memories, we see her grow from a reticent, serious young woman to a rebel who refuses to bend to the conventions of society. Like the Biblical story of Queen Jezebel, who was much maligned as a scheming harlot and infamously thrown to her death from her palace window, Jezebel is a novel that asks if independent women can ever live lives that are free of judgement K.R. Meera's hypnotic prose, in this elegant translation from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar, makes resonant allusions to the Bible in powerful ways that elucidate the correlations between legend and th

Who reads Jezebel?

Author

Meera, K.R.; Sriram, Abhirami Girija; Bijukumar, K.S.

Publisher

Penguin Random House India Private Limited

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9789354926679

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Rating

4.06 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14