The Romantics

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Pankaj Mishra

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A novel by Pankaj Mishra, author of RUN AND HIDE and AGE OF ANGER 'If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this' The Times 'The Romantics looks to Flaubert's Sentimental Education, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp intelligence' Hilary Mantel 'Grips the reader as artfully and as compellingly as the first page of A Passage to India' The New York Review of Books WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION _____________________ 1989. In the holy city of Varanasi, 19-year-old Samar rents a room to avoid a small-town job and lose himself in reading about worlds outside of India. But when he is thrust into local a circle of privileged European and American expats, led by the charismatic Miss West, Samar will soon face his own silent desires and crumbling beliefs. _____________________ 'A work of art' Financial Times 'A supernova' The Washington Post 'A charming debut' The Independent

Author Biography:

Pankaj Mishra's books include The Romantics, which won the LA Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for fiction, Age of Anger and From the Ruins of Empire. He contributes political and literary essays to the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books and the New Yorker. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in London.

Release date NZ

September 1st, 2022

Author

Pankaj Mishra

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

320

Dimensions

129x198x19

ISBN-13

9781529158090

Product ID

35592764

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