# Boats On Land

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- Authors: [Janice Pariat](https://www.bookquiver.com/janice-pariat)
- Language: en_IN
- Published: 2012-09-01

## Description

Boats on Land is a unique way of looking at India’s northeast and its people against a larger historical canvas-the early days of the British Raj, the World Wars, conversions to Christianity, and the missionaries. This is a world in which the everyday is infused with folklore and a deep belief in the supernatural. Here, a girl dreams of being a firebird. An artist watches souls turn into trees. A man shape-shifts into a tiger. Another is bewitched by water fairies. Political struggles and social unrest interweave with fireside tales and age-old superstitions. Boats on Land quietly captures our fragile and awkward place in the world

## Editions

### Boats On Land

- Publisher: vintage_books
- ISBN: 978-81-8400-074-0
- Pages: 296
- Published: 2012-09-01
- Language: en_IN