{"product_id":"the-forest-beneath-the-mountains-9789390477753","title":"The Forest Beneath the Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaken by the news of his mother's death, a man leaves his job in Delhi and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereturns to Assam. Twenty-five years ago, his father, a forest officer here, was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efound shot dead in his jeep. With the passing of his mother, the man learns new\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand startling details of his father's life, and trying to reclaim an entire life suddenly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emade unfamiliar, he starts digging into events from far back in time, visiting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplaces where his father had served, in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the forests he had once roamed as a boy with his father and his band of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehard drinking, rugged companions, have long disappeared. Settlers have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emoved in, and insurgents and security forces now prowl the area. Wandering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat was once the Chariduar reserve forest, the man meets a kaleidoscopic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecast of characters-people trying to find anchor in an uncertain world-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esome of whom are remnants of a rapidly disappearing past and some from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregion's turbulent present: foresters, elephant catchers, army contractors, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einsurgents, police commandos, drifters and double-dealers. As he gets closer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the truth about his father, he finds himself drawn into a local conflict, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld of shifting realities from which he will struggle to disentangle himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWide, unhurried and immersive, The Forest Beneath the Mountains is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompelling blend of memory, family stories, ecology and history. It is a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estory of people and places at the margins of the Indian republic, and of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einevitable taming of wilderness by man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789390477753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.74d","brand":"Ankush Saikia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774183108789,"sku":"9789390477753","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-forest-beneath-the-mountains-9789390477753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}