Two striking women, Kamala and Shaly, helm an unusual household, fuelled by their intense, tempestuous romance in a rapidly changing Bangalore. Downstairs, Kamalaâs sons take care of each other in their own way-the twins are bound together by an early accident that paralysed Shiva, making Aadi his brotherâs caretaker. Beautiful Shaly is the object of more than one personâs affections-and she, too, has a complicated past.
When Kamalaâs mother dies, she returns to Kerala-to an ancestral house of horrors which lies next to the cremation grounds in Cochinâs outlying reaches: a place which, nevertheless, is home. However, nothing can prepare her for the devastation that ensues in this lyrical, hallucinatory trip of a story.
Utterly gripping and powerfully unsettling, Sangeetha Srinivasanâs phenomenal debut subverts received ideas about society, individuality and motherhood. Acid unravels the secrets that lurk beneath the surface oif our lives, and marks the entry of a searing new voice in the Indian literary landscape.
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