{"product_id":"an-atlas-of-impossible-longing-9781451608625","title":"An Atlas of Impossible Longing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This is why we read fiction at all\" raves the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e: Family life meets historical romance in this critically acclaimed, \"gorgeous, sweeping novel\" (\u003ci\u003eMs Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451608625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.86w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2011 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2011 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2011 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2011 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anuradha Roy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917190009013,"sku":"9781451608625","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5a8b27f3-7056-471f-9ab5-a4c855d9f49a.jpg?v=1687279349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-atlas-of-impossible-longing-9781451608625","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}