Em and the Big Hoom

Pinto, Jerry

ISBN 10: 0143124765 / ISBN 13: 9780143124764

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2014

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“Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.” —Amitav Ghosh, author ofThe Glass Palace

First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto’s devastatingly original 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 endlessbeedis 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.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: 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.

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 the 2013 Crossword Book Award and Hindu Literary Award. He lives in Mumbai, India.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Em and the Big Hoom
Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket