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MY TEMPORARY SON - An Orphan's Journey.(Penguin India). A non-fiction work. ....is about a truly life-changing experience - the story of a child bringing magic into two lives and teaching lessons of resilence and love...Murari maintains dignity in his prose while infusing it with a certain enchantment that comes from his clear and beautiful language. THE HINDU |
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| THE ARRANGEMENTS OF LOVE |
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- Set like a medieval tapestry, this fantastic novel offers a rich petit point set with animals, people, trees, the sea, prodigal sons and warring parents, passionate romances and gothic fortresses. In terms of sheer audacity and the liberties he takes with his tale, few can match Murari’s Arrangements of Love. OUTLOOK.
The Arrangements of Love is simple, human and a subtle exploration of feelings. It also delves deep into the lives of ordinary people to come out with extraordinary observations. At the end, what endures and reassures is love -- across time, place and boundaries, and quite without any arrangement. DECCAN CHRONICLE. |
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| Taj |
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(Reissued by Penguin India)
'An exotic, passionate novel, sensual and violent by turn, always compelling' - THE GUARDIAN
Taj remains an expertly crafted novel with richly textured details, especially of violence and eroticism. It takes the reader through the corridors of history, pointing out lanes and by-lanes hitherto uncharted. Here the refrain of Mughal history "The Kingship has no Kinship” rings loud. THE TELEGRAPH. |
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| The square circle - STAGE PLAY AT THE LEICESTER HAYMARKET THEATRE |
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(Writer/Director)
Shakespearean elements of cross-dressing and the exploration of sexual identity sit easily in an Indian context where love has nothing to do with marriage and sex has little to do with love. And despite the centrality of the rape, it is a funny and tender play.THE STAGE. |
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| The square circle - THE FILM |
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(Writer/Producer)
TIME magazine’s top 10 Films of the year.
‘The coming of age of the young woman is limned with wit and affection. Hats off to screenwriter Timeri N. Murari.’ TIME.
This strange, sad road movie of sorts delicately probes complex issues, showing that marriage, can be a blessing and a trap, and that relationships are often forged at the intersection of romance, duty and companionship. THE OBSERVER |
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| steps from paradise |
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(Will be re-issued by Penguin 2005)
-a moving, coming-of-age novel which explores the impact of an outsider on an enclosed Indian family. A beautiful allegory on the colonial impact on India. The GUARDIAN.
It is a story of betrayal, the old by the old, and the young by the old. In fact, the betrayal of life by life itself. From beginning to end, the theme of paradise lost is handled movingly. THE HINDU. |
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| enduring affairs |
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-The strength of the book lies in the complicated plot, impeccable language and interesting style of the narrative. Echoes of brilliant passages linger on in the reader's mind as enduring images which qualifies 'Enduring Affairs' as an entertaining novel of high readability. -THE CHRONICLE.
-'the novel further sustains his reputation as a writer of substance'. SUNDAY MAIL. |
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| the last victory |
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-This is a work of impressive fiction which mixes the charms of an Eastern legend with the weight of historical account. Conflicts of conscience litter the narrative – empire versus nationalism, peace against violence, with an obvious love of his country – and humanity–BIRMINGHAM POST. |
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| the imperial agent |
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-In choosing to give us the succeeding adventures of Kipling's Kim, Mr Murari has set his sights high. As well as the excellence of the source, there is ranged against the enterprise the weight and accomplishment of Raj literature in general. But such is the drive of the narrative and such is the author's feeling for his native country, that the reader is borne pleasurably along. This becomes a very considerable and entertaining novel. THE INDEPENDENT, London. |
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| field of honour |
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Graham Greene 'I was very much impressed by Field of Honour’.
-Murari can set an exotic scene, enrich it with romantic intrigue, and power it with a dramatic climax. A good novel about man’s basic struggle against society, his fellow man and himself. For readers who want suspense with sustenance- LIBRARY JOURNAL. |
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| lovers are not people |
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'A detective story of the heart, written with wit and compassion, about the mystery called love and marriage' - Evan Rhodes.
-Murari’s smoothly paced, straightforward style involves you quickly in the characters who come alive on the pages. There is a good deal of subtle humour too which, coupled with the sleuthing and subterfuge makes the novel an enjoyable book. MIAMI DAILY HERALD |
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| The marriage |
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Immigration, a self-exile of sorts, and the particular types of corruption, human limitations, and blindness which follows, are crucial problems for many of us. I would recommend The Marriage because it deals with themes and ideas which are worth reading about and discussing, and because it’s a good story, well told. WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH.
It has often been stated that the most difficult task an author can undertake is the writing of a purely contemporary novel; for detachment as well as narrative skill is required. It is rewarding to find the necessary expertise in Timeri Murari’s The Marriage…an ingenious Romeo and Juliet type of story set in the Midlands and an important social document'. CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, London. |
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| join home |
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NON-FICTION
‘Murari tells of their journey with sensitivity and candour, with sympathy restrained by objectivity. He conveys a complex reaction to Arthur, Alma and the South he visits. While he recognises pretence and hypocrisy in southern societies he is at pains to portray the civic leaders he encounters not as ogres but as basically decent – albeit extremely provincial – unquestioningly preserving a social milieu they’ve inherited from their ancestors. He is enormously sympathetic to the southern black'. THE WASHINGTON POST. |
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NON-FICTION
-The author spent two months in the area in an attempt to understand the subtle but dangerous change from traditional adolescent gang fighting over territory to the new battles over race. He has one immense advantage over most social scientists in that he writes easily and well. The book is recommended for its sensitive handling of the feelings of young blacks growing up in the slums of our cities. TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT |
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| the shooter |
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“The Shooter" is described as an entertainment. Perhaps it is, but in the style of Graham Greene, with an original plot and very real people making it a chilling thriller. It is a tough, violent story, but there are moments of sensitivity and inner- as well as physical- strength which help to put The Shooter in the first division of crime writing. THE ECHO.
More significantly, under cover of a quicksilver story, Murari brilliantly traces the extraordinary nightmare that skirts the shores of affluent Manhattan. EVENING STANDARD, London. |
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| the oblivion tapes |
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‘A tense journey into the bizarre but not impossible future’. James Kirkwood.
‘The Oblivion Tapes tells a horrendous, fascinating story about a deadly plague which has been deliberately started in a South American country to achieve economic gains. THE HINDU. |
