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Pages | 320 |
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Authors | Amitabha Bagchi |
Reading Period | 14 Days |
ISBN: | 978-9386228703 |
Category | Literature & Fiction |
Publisher: | Juggernaut |
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The celebrated Hindi novelist Vishwanath is heartbroken by the recent loss of his son in an accident. The tragedy spurs him to write a novel set in the household of Lala Motichand. It follows the lives of the wealthy lala and his three sons: Self-confident Dinanath, the true heir to Motichand’s mercantile temperament, lonely Diwanchand, uninterested in business and steeped in poetry; and illegitimate Makhan Lal, a Marx-loving schoolteacher kept to the periphery of his father’s life. In an illuminating act of self-reflection, Vishwanath, the son of a cook for a rich sethji, also tells the story of the lala’s personal servant, Mange Ram and his son, Parsadi. Fatherhood, brotherhood and childhood, love, loyalty and poetry all come to the fore as sons and servants await the lala’s death. By writing about mortality and family, Vishwanath confronts the wreckage of his own life while seeking to make sense of the new India that came into being after independence. Spellbinding and penetrating, Half the Night Is Gone raises questions of religion, literature and society that speak to our fractured times.
Pages | 320 |
---|---|
Authors | Amitabha Bagchi |
Reading Period | 14 Days |
ISBN: | 978-9386228703 |
Category | Literature & Fiction |
Publisher: | Juggernaut |
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