{"product_id":"latitudes-of-longing-9780593132562","title":"Latitudes of Longing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from India\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvel of magical realism.\"--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A spellbinding work of literature, \u003ci\u003eLatitudes of Longing \u003c\/i\u003efollows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a mother struggling to free her revolutionary son; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who transforms first into a boat and then a woman; and the ghost of an evaporated ocean as restless as the continents. Binding them all together is a vision of life as vast as the universe itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A young writer awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in India for this novel, Shubhangi Swarup is a storyteller of extraordinary talent and insight. Richly imaginative and wryly perceptive, \u003ci\u003eLatitudes of Longing \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a soaring view of humanity: our beauty and ugliness, our capacity to harm and love one another, and our mysterious and sacred relationship with nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature - Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature - Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award - Winner of the Sushila Devi Literature Award for the Best Book of Fiction Written by a Woman - Winner of the Tata Literature Live  First Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e One World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593132562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d","brand":"Shubhangi Swarup","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39955913801909,"sku":"9780593132562","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7c0fd369-5596-4f65-acb8-e53b2aca8662.jpg?v=1620218014","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/latitudes-of-longing-9780593132562","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}