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The far field : a novel / Madhuri Vijay.

Vijay, Madhuri, (author.).

Summary:
"Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present. In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir's politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love. With rare acumen and evocative prose, in The Far Field Madhuri Vijay masterfully examines Indian politics, class prejudice, and sexuality through the lens of an outsider, offering a profound meditation on grief, guilt, and the limits of compassion"-- Provided by publisher.
In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. Brought face to face with Kashmir's politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love. -- adapted from publisher info

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802128409
  • ISBN: 0802128408
  • Physical Description: 432 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2019.
Subject: Young women > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Villages > Himalaya Mountains Region > Fiction.
Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 22 of 23 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 23 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library FICTION VIJAY (Text) 50686015456663 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F VIJ (Text) 37268003057387 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F VIJ (Text) 33240004500669 Adult Fiction In Transit -
Boone Area Library VIJ (Text) 33249023557667 Fiction Available -
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) FIC VIJAY MADHURI (Text) 35740635407406 Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Vijay (Text) 39427103428199 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Kaltreider-Benfer Library Adults VIJ Fiction (Text) 34002001605126 Adult Area New Available -
Lehighton Area Memorial Library F VIJ (Text) 30445100192237 Adult Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library FIC VIJ (Text) 33400001431082 Adult Fiction Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity FIC VIJ FAR 2019 (Text) 31001101742824 Adult Fiction Available -


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