{"product_id":"9781681378084","title":"A Strange and Sublime Address","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eChaudhuri, Amit; Tóibín, Colm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWriter and musician Amit Chaudhuri’s elegant debut novel, in which an Indian ten-year-old experiences the entirely distinct experiences of life in Bombay, where his family lives, and Calcutta, where he visits relatives during his summer vacation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen-year-old Sandeep lives in a high-rise in Bombay, where his father  has an important job that keeps him busy all the time. Come summer,  Sandeep and his mother travel to Calcutta to spend time with his aunt,  his self-absorbed and improvident uncle, and Abhi, his favorite cousin.  His relatives’ house is shadowy and rambling; the vast city around it  ramshackle and alluring. They fascinate curious, observant Sandeep.  Days pass; the heat grows; the rains come; the visit ends. In the  winter, Sandeep and his family return to Calcutta—and encounter an  unexpected turn of events. But Sandeep has arrived at a new sense of  things, an understanding of how the marvelous inheres in the mundane,  that will be his, we feel, for good.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once delicate and incisive, \u003ci\u003eA Strange and Sublime Address\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds in both immersing us in a boy’s inner world and depicting that  boy and his world from outside. It was Amit Chaudhuri’s first book, the  work of a novelist whose striking originality of conception would  subsequently become ever more clear. The three decades since the  publication of \u003ci\u003eA Strange and Sublime Address\u003c\/i\u003e have only confirmed its appeal and poetry.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216641159423,"sku":"9781681378084","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781681378084_s600x595.jpg?v=1775592919","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781681378084","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}