Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus MistryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Phiroze Elchidana is the second son of Famroze Elchidana, the well respected head priest of an agiary in Bombay. When he meets Sepideh one fine evening in the Doongerwadi, the Parsi funeral ground that houses the much famous tower of silence, he falls irrevocably in love, ready to marry into the sub community of the Khandias, aka the corpse bearers - the ones who "clean and swaddle (corpses) for the banquet of the birds" because of the "squeamishness and ingratitude" of the community, that in turn unfairly treats them like a disease, which if not kept well away, might spread. Outcast by his family and soon after left widowed with a three year old daughter, the book is put out as a collection of scribbles Phiroze leaves on empty pages. About his life and the meaning that the death towers provided to it. About his true love for the woman of his life and the gift she left behind. About how the world around him changed as he put on a few extra years. With writing so beautiful and touching, a good read, definitely.
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