The Way Things Were
The Way Things Were
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The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer
Named a Best Book of the Year by>The Guardian (London), Kirkus Reviews, and>People
The Way Things Were opens with the death of Toby, the Maharaja of Kalasuryaketu, a Sanskritist who has not set foot in India for two decades. It falls to his son, Skanda, to return Toby's body to his birthplace, a tin-pot kingdom not worth one air-gun salute. This journey takes him halfway around the world and returns him to his family, the drawing-room elite of Delhi, whose narcissism and infighting he has worked hard to escape. It also forces him to reckon with his parents' marriage, a turbulent love affair that began in passion but ended in pain and futility. The novel takes its title from the Sanskrit word for history, itihasa, whose literal translation is the way things indeed were. The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer is both an intimate portrait of a family and a panoramic vision of the last half century of life in Delhi, with Sanskrit woven in as central metaphor and chorus. Through one man's struggle with his inheritance, it explores the cultural schizophrenia of modern India and the difficulty of building honestly on the past.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781250097460 |
| ISBN 10 | 1250097460 |
| Title | The Way Things Were |
| Author | Aatish Taseer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Picador USA |
| Year published | 2016-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |