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Deb Siddhartha - The Light At The End Of The World - Hardcover
Deb Siddhartha - The Light At The End Of The World - Hardcover
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Description: Delhi the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers government sanctioned murders online rage nationalist violence and a figure of shifting identifies known as the New Delhi Monkey Man. Bhopal 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in the world's history. Calcutta 1947: a veterinary student's life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft. And in 1859, a detachment of British soldiers rides towards the Himalayas in search of the last surviving leader of an anti - colonial rebellion. These timelines interweave to form a kaleidoscopic epic novel in which each section is a pursuit centered around a character who must find or recover crucial but hidden truths in their respective time. The Light at the End of the World Siddhartha Deb's first novel in fifteen years is a magisterial work of shifting forms reminiscent of Cloud Atlas and Underworld.
Title: The Light At The End Of The World
Author(s): Deb Siddhartha
Publisher: Soho Press
Barcode: 9781641294669
Pages: 458 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: Delhi the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers government sanctioned murders online rage nationalist violence and a figure of shifting identifies known as the New Delhi Monkey Man. Bhopal 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in the world's history. Calcutta 1947: a veterinary student's life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft. And in 1859, a detachment of British soldiers rides towards the Himalayas in search of the last surviving leader of an anti - colonial rebellion. These timelines interweave to form a kaleidoscopic epic novel in which each section is a pursuit centered around a character who must find or recover crucial but hidden truths in their respective time. The Light at the End of the World Siddhartha Deb's first novel in fifteen years is a magisterial work of shifting forms reminiscent of Cloud Atlas and Underworld.
Title: The Light At The End Of The World
Author(s): Deb Siddhartha
Publisher: Soho Press
Barcode: 9781641294669
Pages: 458 Pages
Publication Date: 5/30/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction