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Domra

German, Joseph Winkler, 2000
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The Domra, a group belonging to the untouchable caste in India, oversee the cremation sites in Varanasi at Harishchandra Ghat and Manikarnika Ghat. The Domra sell wood, charge a fee for each body cremated on the banks of the Ganges, and tend to the eternally burning sacred fire from which all funeral pyres are lit. They take care of the individual pyres and gather the ashes. The charcoal remnants and ashes are searched by the Domra for jewelry and valuables before the remains of a burned pyre are released into the river to drift slowly downstream. Once the rituals are complete, the services are held, and the dead are cremated, what remains is pure life: inhumane, pagan, and unredeemed. In fact, the children of the Enlightenment should pursue Winkler as heretics. Nevertheless: D.

Key specifications

Genre
Novels + stories
Language
German
Author
Joseph Winkler
Year
2000
Number of pages
283
Book cover
Paperback

General information

Item number
7982640
Publisher
Suhrkamp
Category
Fiction
Release date
8.3.2018

Book properties

Genre
Novels + stories
Language
German
Author
Joseph Winkler
Year
2000
Number of pages
283
Book cover
Paperback

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Statutory warranty score

How often does a product of this brand in the «Fiction» category have a defect within the first 24 months?

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  • 43.Pocket
    0,1 %
  • 43.S.Fischer
    0,1 %
  • 43.Suhrkamp
    0,1 %
  • 43.Various Publishers
    0,1 %
  • 75.Albin Michel
    0,2 %

Statutory warranty case duration

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  • Suhrkamp
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  • 1.Carlsen
    0 days
  • 1.DTV
    0 days
  • 1.HarperCollins
    0 days
  • 1.J'Ai Lu
    0 days

Return rate

How often is a product of this brand in the «Fiction» category returned?

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  • 15.Lübbe Paperback
    0,2 %
  • 15.Rowohlt Berlin
    0,2 %
  • 15.Suhrkamp
    0,2 %
  • 21.Anaconda
    0,3 %
  • 21.Community Editions
    0,3 %
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