One Small Voice: An Observer best debut novel for 2023
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- Synopsis
- 'One of the best debuts this year' Guardian'An intoxicating portrait of modern India ... Terrific' Daily Mail'Hugely engaging, written with verve, intelligence and compassion' Irish Times____________________________________________India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that will alter the course of his life: one to which his family turn a blind eye.As he approaches adulthood, Shabby focuses on the only path he believes will buy him an escape - good school, good degree, good job, good car. But when he arrives in Mumbai in his twenties, he begins to question whether there might be other roads he could choose. His new friends, Syed and Shruti, are asking the same questions : together, buoyed by the freedom of the big city, they are rewriting their stories.But as the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country, and their friendship becomes the rock they all cling to, this new life suddenly seems fragile. And before Shabby can chart his way forward, he must reckon with the ghosts of his past . . .____________________________________________'A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers'Devastating and intimate, and political and radical all at the same time. Bhattacharya's storytelling talents are limitless' Nikesh Shukla'A wonderful, timely contribution to world literature' Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of This Mournable Body
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 400 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241582350
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780241996393, 9780241998809, 9780241582336
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 02/13/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Santanu Bhattacharya
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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