A novel set in this country, which takes its title from Coleridge's "Work Without Hope," is about a woman who gets a job as a letter reader, but since it doesn't pay enough, she goes to a quarry where she breaks stones with her husband, Nathan. This country is where Uma's cousin is burned alive by her husband's family in Fasting, Feasting. An author from here created Moraes Zagoiby in a book whose title refers to where Boabdil surrendered Granada. The Kolynos Kid inspires the protagonist of another novel set here to be a more grateful son after getting a ride from Mary Pereira. Nectar in a Sieve and The Moor's Last Sigh are written by authors from this place that is 
A novel set in this country, which takes its title from Coleridge's "Work Without Hope," is about a woman who gets a job as a letter reader, but since it doesn't pay enough, she goes to a quarry where she breaks stones with her husband, Nathan. This country is where Uma's cousin is burned alive by her husband's family in Fasting, Feasting. An author from here created Moraes Zagoiby in a book whose title refers to where Boabdil surrendered Granada. The Kolynos Kid inspires the protagonist of another novel set here to be a more grateful son after getting a ride from Mary Pereira. Nectar in a Sieve and The Moor's Last Sigh are written by authors from this place that is the also setting of a novel featuring Parvati the Witch and Saleem Sinai. For 10 points, what is this home country of Salman Rushdie?
A novel set in this country, which takes its title from Coleridge's "Work Without Hope," is about a woman who gets a job as a letter reader, but since it doesn't pay enough, she goes to a quarry where she breaks stones with her husband, Nathan.
Republic of India