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The Way Things Were
Taschenbuch von Aatish Taseer
Sprache: Englisch

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'An ambitious state-of-the-nation novel' Sunday Times

When Uma marries Toby, he brings to her comfortable life among Delhi's moneyed elite a depth that was otherwise missing. Toby's passion for his wife is matched only by his love for classical India, its language and its art. But in the new India, one transformed by rapacious energy and aspiration, there is little room for such romanticism. Uma and Toby will find that they have built their marriage on a fault line.

Decades later, their son Skanda travels to India to return his father's body to his birthplace. This is a journey that takes him halfway around the world and deep within three generations of his family, whose fractures, frailties and toxic legacies he has always sought to elude.

'Intensely engrossing . . . What Taseer has done with great intelligence and elegance is to deliver a novel of ideas in the guise of a very human story.' Financial Times

'A formidable mix of the personal and the political . . . his style - at once highly intellectual and deeply poetic - is unique.' Independent

'An accomplished novelist and commentator . . . Taseer has vividly exposed the quarrels and quandaries of an India undergoing rapid historical and social change.' Spectator

'An ambitious state-of-the-nation novel' Sunday Times

When Uma marries Toby, he brings to her comfortable life among Delhi's moneyed elite a depth that was otherwise missing. Toby's passion for his wife is matched only by his love for classical India, its language and its art. But in the new India, one transformed by rapacious energy and aspiration, there is little room for such romanticism. Uma and Toby will find that they have built their marriage on a fault line.

Decades later, their son Skanda travels to India to return his father's body to his birthplace. This is a journey that takes him halfway around the world and deep within three generations of his family, whose fractures, frailties and toxic legacies he has always sought to elude.

'Intensely engrossing . . . What Taseer has done with great intelligence and elegance is to deliver a novel of ideas in the guise of a very human story.' Financial Times

'A formidable mix of the personal and the political . . . his style - at once highly intellectual and deeply poetic - is unique.' Independent

'An accomplished novelist and commentator . . . Taseer has vividly exposed the quarrels and quandaries of an India undergoing rapid historical and social change.' Spectator

Über den Autor
Aatish Taseer was born in 1980. He is the author of Stranger to History: a Son's Journey through Islamic Lands, a Costa-shortlisted first novel, The Temple-Goers and the highly acclaimed Noon. He has also written for the Sunday Times, Prospect and Esquire. He lives between Delhi and New York.
Zusammenfassung
A breath-taking family story that will change the way you think of India
Details
Empfohlen (bis): 99
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 576
Inhalt: 565 S.
ISBN-13: 9781447272717
ISBN-10: 1447272714
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Taseer, Aatish
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Aatish Taseer
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,401 kg
preigu-id: 104325644
Über den Autor
Aatish Taseer was born in 1980. He is the author of Stranger to History: a Son's Journey through Islamic Lands, a Costa-shortlisted first novel, The Temple-Goers and the highly acclaimed Noon. He has also written for the Sunday Times, Prospect and Esquire. He lives between Delhi and New York.
Zusammenfassung
A breath-taking family story that will change the way you think of India
Details
Empfohlen (bis): 99
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 576
Inhalt: 565 S.
ISBN-13: 9781447272717
ISBN-10: 1447272714
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Taseer, Aatish
Hersteller: Pan Macmillan
Maße: 195 x 131 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Aatish Taseer
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,401 kg
preigu-id: 104325644
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