Solo

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize.The new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Tokyo Cancelled.‘Solo’ recounts the life and daydreams of a reclusive one-hundred-year-old man from Bulgaria.Before the man lost his sight, he read this story in a magazine: a group of explorers came upon a community of parrots speaking the language of a society that had been wiped out in a recent catastrophe. Astonished by their discovery, they put the parrots in cages and sent them home so that linguists could record what remained of the lost language. But the parrots, already traumatised by the devastation they had recently witnessed, died on the way.Wondering if, unlike the hapless parrots, he has any wisdom to leave to the world, Ulrich embarks on an epic armchair journey through a century of violent politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed chemistry, finding his way eventually to an astonishing epiphany of tenderness and enlightenment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-04-01
Mått:129 x 198 x 24 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:9780007182152
Miljömärkning:Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
Utmärkelser:Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book - Eurasia 2010

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Rana Dasgupta was born in Canterbury in 1971. His first book, Tokyo Cancelled (2005), was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lives in Delhi.

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‘A novel of exceptional, astonishing strangeness, Solo confirms Rana Dasgupta as the most unexpected and original Indian writer of his generation.’ Salman Rushdie‘This gloriously eccentric adventure through a century of Bulgarian history is so much fun to read you’ll hardly realise how much you’re learning…Weird, wonderful and warmly wise stuff.’ Daily Mail‘[The novel’s] breathtaking poignancy makes it worth every moment of concentration.’ Scotsman‘“Solo” is a nuanced and virtuoso performance.’ Scotland on Sunday‘[An] exhilarating visionary feat…When I finished it I wanted to go back to the beginning and read it all over again.’ Sunday Business Post‘In this deliriously sad, bewitching novel, Dasgupta updates the magic realism of the subcontinent, and brings it fully formed into a new century.’ Metro‘With delicately judged poignancy, Rana Dasgupta captures the past’s fading from the mind.’ TLS