An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
Tells the story of three generations of an Indian family, in which a sensitive and intelligent foundling boy orphan who is casteless and without religion and Bakul, the motherless granddaughter of the house, grow up together. This novel begins in 1907 with the founding of a factory in Songarh, a provincial town where narrow attitudes prevail.
'A lyrical love letter to India's past - an India of innocent child brides and jasmine-scented summer eveningsPoetic and evocative. Roy's writing is a joy' Financial Times. * Financial Times *
'A story to lose yourself in ... Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told' Sunday Express. * Sunday Express *
'Written with a soaring yet impeccably balanced lyricism, Roy's prose does not hit a single wrong note: its restrained beauty sings off the page. Above all, the book has an elusive quality, so absent from the contemporary novel, a quality that can only be described as grace' Time magazine. * Time Magazine *
'A story to lose yourself in ... Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told' Sunday Express. * Sunday Express *
'Written with a soaring yet impeccably balanced lyricism, Roy's prose does not hit a single wrong note: its restrained beauty sings off the page. Above all, the book has an elusive quality, so absent from the contemporary novel, a quality that can only be described as grace' Time magazine. * Time Magazine *
Anuradha Roy's novel Sleeping on Jupiter was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016 and won the D.S.C. prize for South Asian Literature. She won the Economist Crossword Prize, India's premier award for fiction, for her novel The Folded Earth, which was nominated for several other prizes including the Man Asia, the D.S.C., and the Hindu Literary Award. Her first novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, has been widely translated and was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and The Seattle Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847244772 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847244777 |
| Title | An Atlas of Impossible Longing |
| Author | Anuradha Roy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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