A New World
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Hugely acclaimed on hardback publication - this is Chaudhuri's break out book Jayojit, a semi successful writer, now divorced, has finally retrieved his son Bonny for his summer holidays. They are leaving their home in the American Midwest and going back to Calcutta, to his grandparents, the Admiral and his wife. A New World watches Jayojit and his son as they share the dark, close flat with his parents while the city outside is blanketed in fierce summer heat. Amit Chaudhuri delineates with breathtaking delicacy the details of married lives - of an elderly couple entrenched in the unquestioning roles of their past and of a modern marriage now sharply severed in two.
Author: Amit Chaudhuri
Format: Paperback, 208 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 181 g
Published: 2001, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Interest Age: From 18 years
Description
Hugely acclaimed on hardback publication - this is Chaudhuri's break out book Jayojit, a semi successful writer, now divorced, has finally retrieved his son Bonny for his summer holidays. They are leaving their home in the American Midwest and going back to Calcutta, to his grandparents, the Admiral and his wife. A New World watches Jayojit and his son as they share the dark, close flat with his parents while the city outside is blanketed in fierce summer heat. Amit Chaudhuri delineates with breathtaking delicacy the details of married lives - of an elderly couple entrenched in the unquestioning roles of their past and of a modern marriage now sharply severed in two.
A New World