Spirit Nights

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By Easterine Kire

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Spirit Nights is a powerful indigenous novel from Nagaland, India, weaving a prophecy where several villages face endless darkness after a taboo is broken in the spirit world. A wise elder senses her community's disintegration and understands that only through courage, wisdom, and venturing into unknown realms can the light be restored. This magical tale draws on ancient tribal stories and reflects contemporary experiences of lockdowns and isolation.
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Ideal for readers interested in indigenous folklore, magical realism, and novels that explore cultural heritage with contemporary resonance. Suitable for those seeking stories rooted in tribal traditions and spiritual journeys.

A reworking of a tribal tale from Nagaland. 'An ancient prophecy is fulfilled when darkness envelops a number of villages for days on end.'

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Winner of the 2023 FICCI India Book of the Year award, this is a powerful, magical indigenous novel from Nagaland by India's foremost writer.

Drawing on ancient tribal tales, Spirit Nights tells of a prophecy fulfilled when several villages are plunged into endless darkness. A terrible taboo has been violated in the spirit world. A wise elder feels the village crumble as her people become isolated and frightened. She knows that only through acting with wisdom and courage, and by journeying into unknown realms, can the people regain the light.

But who would dare to do that?

Lockdowns, spirit visions, profound darkness—Spirit Nights delivers a unique tale from Nagaland that parallels our lives today. This is an exciting USA debut for Easterine Kire. Spirit Nights also includes informative notes and an essay about real 'Dark Time Accounts'—tribal stories of periods when the world tumbles into seemingly endless night-time.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781909954540

Publisher: Barbican Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barbican Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 180

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Easterine Kire Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Easterine Kire, poet, short story writer and novelist, was born in Kohima, Nagaland, a state in Northeast India. In 1982, she was the first Naga poet in to have her poetry published in English. In 2003, she wrote A Naga Village Remembered, the first Naga novel in English.

Her novel, Bitter Wormwood was shortlisted for the Hindu Lit for Life prize in 2013 and in the same year, she received the Free Voice Award from Barcelona. In 2016, her novel, When the River Sleeps was awarded The Hindu Lit for Life prize.

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