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- ISBN
- 9781451608625
- Book Title
- Atlas of Impossible Longing : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Family Life, Romance / Historical / General, Literary, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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"This is why we read fiction at all" raves the Washington Post : Family life meets historical romance in this critically acclaimed, "gorgeous, sweeping novel" ( Ms Magazine ) about two people who find each other when abandoned by everyone else, marking the signal American debut of an award-winning writer who richly deserves her international acclaim. On the outskirts of a small town in Bengal, a family lives in solitude in their vast new house. Here, lives intertwine and unravel. A widower struggles with his love for an unmarried cousin. Bakul, a motherless daughter, runs wild with Mukunda, an orphan of unknown caste adopted by the family. Confined in a room at the top of the house, a matriarch goes slowly mad; her husband searches for its cause as he shapes and reshapes his garden. As Mukunda and Bakul grow, their intense closeness matures into something else, and Mukunda is banished to Calcutta. He prospers in the turbulent years after Partition, but his thoughts stay with his home, with Bakul, with all that he has lost--and he knows that he must return.
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Free Press
ISBN-10
1451608624
ISBN-13
9781451608625
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92573623
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Book Title
Atlas of Impossible Longing : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Family Life, Romance / Historical / General, Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
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Pr9499.4.R693a85
Reviews
"Impressive. . . . With her rich imagination, vivid descriptions, and skillful handling of events. . . . Roy weaves a tapestry of family life in India. . . . the story and characters stay with the reader for a long time. Roy is a writer to watch." - The SeattleTimes, "Every once in a great while, a novel comes along to remind you why you rummage through shelves in the first place. . . . [A]s you slip into the book's pages, you sense you are entering a singular creation. . . . And then, suddenly, you are swept away. . . . This, you think, is the feeling you had as you read Great Expectations or Sophie's Choice or The Kite Runner . This is why you read fiction at all." - The Washington Post, " The Folded Earth is pure pleasure, that old fashioned sort of novel in which one can immerse oneself; an absolute treat." - Business World, "Impressive. . . . With her rich imagination, vivid descriptions, and skillful handling of events. . . . Roy weaves a tapestry of family life in India. . . . the story and characters stay with the reader for a long time. Roy is a writer to watch." -- The SeattleTimes, "There is a gentle perfection to the way Roy writes. . . . A beautiful love story. . . . about people who love and long-impossibly?-and love again." - The Hindu, "Now here is a perfect monsoon read: an exquisitely-written first novel that flows limpid and elegiac. . . . you might find yourself unbearably moved by her delicate probing of the fragility of love and longing."- India Today, "[Roy] is a fabulous storyteller with a true gift for transporting the reader right into the heat, smells, and sights of India. . . . a poetic novel easily read again and again. A complete success and an excellent choice for a discussion group." - Library Journal, "Roy has an admirably restrained style and her novel offers a vivid evocation of North India. She conjures up striking images with the lightest of touches." - The Tatler, "A story to lose yourself in hellip; Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." Sunday Express, "Anuradha Roy's second novel demands that the reader pause, slow down, savour this work. . . . I hear echoes of Anita Brookner and Edna O'Brien and other writers like them as Roy brings Maya and her travails to life." -- Biblio, "A novel of beauty, poignancy, and gut-churning suspense. . . . A lyrical love letter to India's past--an India of innocent child brides and jasmine-scented summer evenings. . . . Poetic and evocative, Roy's writing is a joy." -- Financial Times, "[A] deeply unsettling but beautiful novel . . . utterly enrapturing. . . . As always, Roy's writing remains gently poignant and metaphoric throughout, every vignette and scenario she constructs feels multilayered and deeply meaningful." - For Books' Sake, "A perfect treat . . . Roy brings her characters vividly and amusingly to life." -- Country and Town House Magazine, " In An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy bravely explores love, the caste system, and familial lines in a vivid portrait of war-stricken twentieth-century India. This absorbing story defies prediction. Roy's grace and mesmerizing language stayed with me long after I closed the book." -Katie Crouch, author of Girls in Trucks, "A Book You Will Hold Close to Your Heart Long after the Last Page Is Turned."-First City Magazine, "A novel to convince us that boldly drawn sagas with larger-than-life characters are still possible in a relentlessly postmodern world. . . . A sprawling epic of love, class and ambition." - Denver Post, "A gently perceptive story, half comic and half poignant, of a woman's struggle to forget her sorrows in new surroundings." -- The Sunday Times, "Roy's prose soars with a lyricism that can take your breath away. . . . From her whirlwind opening sentences, readers know they're in for a ride." -- Star Tribune (Minneapolis), "An incandescently evocative debut novel filled with wrenching tragedy as well as abiding passion." Booklist, "Roy's prose does not hit a single wrong note: its restrained beauty sings off the page." --Neel Mukherjee, Time Magazine, "[A] deeply unsettling but beautiful novel . . . utterly enrapturing. . . . As always, Roy's writing remains gently poignant and metaphoric throughout, every vignette and scenario she constructs feels multilayered and deeply meaningful." -- For Books' Sake, "A story to lose yourself in.. . . Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer. . . . this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." -- Sunday Express, "A story to lose yourself in.. . . Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer. . . . this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." - Sunday Express, "Now here is a perfect monsoon read: an exquisitely-written first novel that flows limpid and elegiac. . . . you might find yourself unbearably moved by her delicate probing of the fragility of love and longing."-- India Today, "An incandescently evocative debut novel filled with wrenching tragedy as well as abiding passion." -- Booklist, "Recalls classics from Great Expectations to The Cherry Orchard . . . . Roy's prose is luscious yet economical. Capturing the rhythms of life in rural backwater and big city alike, she strings together jewel-like episodes. . . . giving her story the quality of something remembered." - The National Newspaper, "Tight with life. . . .Roy's attention to individual words pays off as she conveys the full texture of experiences. . . . Even minor characters are evoked with inventive idiosyncrasy."-- Daily Mail, " In An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roybravely explores love, the caste system, and familial lines in a vivid portrait of war-stricken twentieth-century India. This absorbing story defies prediction. Roy's grace and mesmerizing language stayed with me long after I closed the book." Katie Crouch, author of Girls in Trucks, "A lyrical love letter to India's past…Poetic and evocative. Roy's writing is a joy." - Financial Times, "[Roy's] narrative is poised andher language precise and poetic, without being flamboyant . . . a story about love and hate, continuity and change, loss and grief in a convincing and memorable setting."-- The Independent, "Roy's prose does not hit a single wrong note: its restrained beauty sings off the page." -Neel Mukherjee, Time Magazine, "Roy's prose soars with a lyricism that can take your breath away. . . . From her whirlwind opening sentences, readers know they're in for a ride." Star Tribune (Minneapolis), "Anuradha Roy's second novel demands that the reader pause, slow down, savour this work. . . . I hear echoes of Anita Brookner and Edna O'Brien and other writers like them as Roy brings Maya and her travails to life." - Biblio, "Roy has an admirably restrained style and her novel offers a vivid evocation of North India. She conjures up striking images with the lightest of touches." -- The Tatler, "A novel to convince us that boldly drawn sagas with larger-than-life characters are still possible in a relentlessly postmodern world. . . . A sprawling epic of love, class and ambition." -- Denver Post, " The Folded Earth is pure pleasure, that old fashioned sort of novel in which one can immerse oneself; an absolute treat." -- Business World, "Set in mid-twentieth-century India, this debut novel spans generations and political upheavals, [chronicling] both the strength of domestic bonds and the wounds that parents and children, and husbands and wives, inflict on each other." -- The New Yorker, "Roy's impressive American debut. . . the sounds, smells, and feel of Bengal come vividly to life. Cultures may differ, but longing and love are universal." -- Publishers Weekly, "Recalls classics from Great Expectations to The Cherry Orchard . . . . Roy's prose is luscious yet economical. Capturing the rhythms of life in rural backwater and big city alike, she strings together jewel-like episodes. . . . giving her story the quality of something remembered." -- The National Newspaper, "Set in mid-twentieth-century India, this debut novel spans generations and political upheavals, [chronicling] both the strength of domestic bonds and the wounds that parents and children, and husbands and wives, inflict on each other." The New Yorker, "Anuradha's ability to seamlessly place the private lives of her characters within a larger socio-political setting is what she carries into her second book [as well] . . . at the end of The Folded Earth you feel a firm belief in the redemptive qualities of life and love." - Elle, "A book you will hold close to your heart long after the last page is turned." -- First City Magazine, "Refreshing. . . . [Roy] defines her characters quickly and skillfully, she has a keen eye for landscape, and she knows how private lives can suggest the larger shape of the public world." -- The New York Times, "A lyrical love letter to India’s past&Poetic and evocative. Roy’s writing is a joy." Financial Times, "A novel of beauty, poignancy, and gut-churning suspense. . . . A lyrical love letter to India's past-an India of innocent child brides and jasmine-scented summer evenings. . . . Poetic and evocative, Roy's writing is a joy." - Financial Times, "A perfect treat . . . Roy brings her characters vividly and amusingly to life." - Country and Town House Magazine, "A story to lose yourself in & Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." Sunday Express, "Roy's prose does not hit a single wrong note: its restrained beauty sings off the page." Time Magazine, "A gently perceptive story, half comic and half poignant, of a woman's struggle to forget her sorrows in new surroundings." - The Sunday Times, "Impressive. . . . With her rich imagination, vivid descriptions, and skillful handling of events. . . . Roy weaves a tapestry of family life in India. . . . the story and characters stay with the reader for a long time. Roy is a writer to watch." The SeattleTimes, "Anuradha's ability to seamlessly place the private lives of her characters within a larger socio-political setting is what she carries into her second book [as well] . . . at the end of The Folded Earth you feel a firm belief in the redemptive qualities of life and love." -- Elle, "Every once in a great while, a novel comes along to remind you why you rummage through shelves in the first place. . . . [A]s you slip into the book's pages, you sense you are entering a singular creation. . . . And then, suddenly, you are swept away. . . . This, you think, is the feeling you had as you read Great Expectations or Sophie's Choice or The Kite Runner . This is why you read fiction at all." -- The Washington Post, "Refreshing. . . . [Roy] defines her characters quickly and skillfully, she has a keen eye for landscape, and she knows how private lives can suggest the larger shape of the public world." - The New York Times, "Roy's prose soars with a lyricism that can take your breath away. . . . From her whirlwind opening sentences, readers know they're in for a ride." - Star Tribune (Minneapolis), " In An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy bravely explores love, the caste system, and familial lines in a vivid portrait of war-stricken twentieth-century India. This absorbing story defies prediction. Roy's grace and mesmerizing language stayed with me long after I closed the book." --Katie Crouch, author of Girls in Trucks, "A lyrical love letter to India's past…Poetic and evocative. Roy's writing is a joy." Financial Times, "[Roy's] narrative is poised andher language precise and poetic, without being flamboyant . . . a story about love and hate, continuity and change, loss and grief in a convincing and memorable setting."- The Independent, " The Folded Earth is pure pleasure, that old fashioned sort of novel in which one can immerse oneself; an absolute treat." Business World, "Recalls classics from Great Expectations to The Cherry Orchard ...a voice that is so distinctly Roy's own, you'd think she'd been doing this for decades...Roy's prose is luscious yet economical. Capturing the rhythms of life in rural backwater and big city alike, she strings together jewel-like episodes, skipping across decades and defining historical events in mere sentences, and giving her story the quality of something remembered. Incidental characters are conjured with an almost Dickensian alacrity." The National Newspaper, "Tight with life. . . .Roy's attention to individual words pays off as she conveys the full texture of experiences. . . . Even minor characters are evoked with inventive idiosyncrasy."- Daily Mail, "There is a gentle perfection to the way Roy writes. . . . A beautiful love story. . . . about people who love and long--impossibly?--and love again." -- The Hindu, "[Roy] is a fabulous storyteller with a true gift for transporting the reader right into the heat, smells, and sights of India. . . . a poetic novel easily read again and again. A complete success and an excellent choice for a discussion group." -- Library Journal, "Set in mid-twentieth-century India, this debut novel spans generations and political upheavals, [chronicling] both the strength of domestic bonds and the wounds that parents and children, and husbands and wives, inflict on each other." - The New Yorker, "An incandescently evocative debut novel filled with wrenching tragedy as well as abiding passion." - Booklist, "Roy's impressive American debut. . . the sounds, smells, and feel of Bengal come vividly to life. Cultures may differ, but longing and love are universal." - Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
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2010-019362
Dewey Decimal
823/.92
Dewey Edition
22
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