"ONE AMAZING STORY. TWO DIFFERENT ENDINGS. AT THE END OF PERUMAL MURUGAN'S TRAILBLAZING NOVEL ONE PART WOMAN, READERS ARE LEFT ON A CLIFFHANGER AS KALI AND PONNA'S INTENSE LOVE FOR EACH OTHER IS TORN TO SHREDS. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT TO THIS BELOVED COUPLE? IN A LONELY HARVEST-ONE OF TWO INVENTIVE SEQUELS THAT PICK UP THE STORY RIGHT WHERE ONE PART WOMAN ENDS-PONNA RETURNS FROM THE TEMPLE FESTIVAL TO FIND THAT KALI HAS KILLED HIMSELF IN DESPAIR...