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Em and the Big Hoom

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jerry PintoAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-06-24Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124764ISBN-10:143124765UPC:9780143124764Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Medical, Family LifeSize:7.67 x 5.23 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCCKSF71D0
The devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction.

"Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this." --Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace

First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto's debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season.

Meet Imelda and Augustine, or--as our young narrator calls his unusual parents--Em and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em's bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143124764ISBN-10:143124765UPC:9780143124764Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Medical, Family LifeSize:7.67 x 5.23 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.4696Product ID:SCCKSF71D0
Jerry Pinto is a writer of poetry, prose, and children's fiction, as well as a journalist. Em and the Big Hoom is his first novel. He is the winner of numerous literary awards, including a 2016 Winham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, the 2013 Crossword Book Award, and the Hindu Literary Award. He lives in Mumbai, India.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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