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A New World

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Full Title:

A New World

Contributors:

By (Author) Amit Chaudhuri

ISBN:

9781780746234

Publisher:

Oneworld Publications

Imprint:

Oneworld Publications

Publication Date:

27th May 2015

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

823.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm

Description

A year after his divorce, Jayojit Chatterjee, an economics professor in the American Midwest, travels home to Calcutta with his young son, Bonny, to spend the summer holidays with his parents. Jayojit is no more accustomed to spending time alone with Bonnywho lives with his mother in Californiathan he is with the Admiral and his wife, whose daily rhythms have become so synchronized as to become completely foreign to their son. Together, the unlikely foursome struggles to pass the protracted hours of summer, each in his or her own way mourning Jayojits failed marriage. Written with depth and tenderness, A New World goes right to the heart of a family, making vividly alive their hopes, desires and regrets.

Reviews

He has as much of life in each of his books as many of his contemporaries will capture in an entire career reading some of these passages, you can be reminded of reading Joyces Dubliners for the first time, where every sentence can seem like a small act of beauty.

-- Tim Adams * Observer *

Author Bio

Amit Chaudhuri is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, is a poet, a musician and a highly regarded critic. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia. He has contributed fiction, poetry and reviews to numerous publications includingthe Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, The New YorkerandGranta.Amit lives in Calcutta and Norwich.

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