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The Lives of Others
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781448192182
Umbreit-Nr.: 6770986
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 528 S., 1.19 MB
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 22.05.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize</b></p><p><b>Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award</b></p><p><b>Winner of the Encore Award</b></p><p><b>Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature</b></p><p><b>Longlisted for the IMPAC Prize</b></p> <p>Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note.</p><p>At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Poisonous rivalries grow, the once-thriving family business implodes and destructive secrets are unearthed. And all around them the sands are shifting as society fractures, for this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change.</p><p>Deeply moving Amitav Ghosh</p><p>Terrifies and delights A S Byatt,<i>Guardian</i></p><p>Unforgettable<i>Daily Telegraph</i></p>
- Kurztext
- Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Costa Novel AwardWinner of the Encore AwardShortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian LiteratureLonglisted for the IMPAC PrizeCalcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note.At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Poisonous rivalries grow, the once-thriving family business implodes and destructive secrets are unearthed. And all around them the sands are shifting as society fractures, for this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change. Deeply moving Amitav Ghosh Terrifies and delights A S Byatt, Guardian Unforgettable Daily Telegraph
- Autorenportrait
- <b>Neel Mukherjee</b>is the author of two previous novels,<i>A Life Apart</i>(2010), which won the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for best novel, and<i>The Lives of Others</i>(2014), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Encore Prize for best second novel.
- Schlagzeile
- An epic saga telling the story of a Bengali family in Calcutta " exploring a family that is decaying as the society around it fractures, and one young man who tries to reimagine his place in the world.