The Impressionist Hari Kunzru

Name: The Impressionist By Hari Kunzru
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The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

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Summary

A novel which takes the reader on a tour of the first quarter of the 20th century, from colonial India to Waughesque Oxford to the West African jungle, following a boy born half-English, half-Indian in his search for a true identity.

The Impressionist Summary

The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

A magnificent debut novel which is set to be the WHITE TEETH of 2002. THE IMPRESSIONIST is a comic saga about history, identity and home. A boy is born in Agra - half Indian, half English - at the dawn of the twentieth century. Ejected from his father's house as a teenager when his true parentage is revealed, he embarks on an unforgettable odyssey in search of a home and an identity. Set against the vast, colourful background of colonial India, England and Africa, this epic novel brings tolife a riotous cast of characters, and asks what it means to be Indian or English, black or white, or both.

The Impressionist Reviews

Breathtaking in scope and peopled with a cast of fantastical characters, this debut from the young heir apparent to Zadie Smith's throne is undeniably impressive. It tells the story of Pran Nath - a 'blackie-whitey' (i.e. of mixed parentage) who is cast from the family home when the identity of his real, English father is discovered. He is then taken in by some eunuch prostitutes, that being one of the more normal fates to befall him. Set in India in the early decades of the 20th century, it captures well the everyday madness of that bewildering country, but for some, the endless hyphenated names, digressions into Moghul history and bizarre scene upon bizarre scene will be too much. One exotic dish in a restaurant is enjoyable - 10 in a row can begin to cloy.

About Hari Kunzru

Hari Kunzru is the author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions and Gods Without Men, and the story collection Noise. He lives in New York and his next novel, White Tears, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in spring 2017.

Additional information

Sku

GOR005239616

ISBN 13

9780241141694

ISBN 10

0241141699

Title

The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru

Author

Hari Kunzru

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20020328

Number of pages

496

Prizes

Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 2003 Winner of Betty Trask Award 2002 Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 2002 Short-listed for Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 2002

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