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Title Statement | Latitudes of longing: a novel / Shubhangi Swarup. |
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Author | Swarup, Shubhangi |
Publication | New York: One World,[2020]©2018 |
Edition | First US edition. |
Extent of Item | 305 pages ; |
ISBN | 0593132556 9780593132555 |
Other Number | 3747326 |
General Notes | Originally published: India : HarperCollins Publishers India, 2018. |
Summary | "A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a mother struggling to free her revolutionary son; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who transforms first into a boat and then a woman; and the ghost of an evaporated ocean as restless as the continents. Binding them all together is a vision of life as vast as the universe itself. A young writer awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in India for this novel, Shubhangi Swarup is a storyteller of extraordinary talent and insight. Richly imaginative and wryly perceptive, Latitudes of Longing offers a soaring view of humanity: our beauty and ugliness, our capacity to harm and love each other, and our mysterious and sacred relationship with nature"--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Newlyweds--Fiction |
Political prisoners--Fiction | |
Man-woman relationships--Fiction | |
By Location | India--Fiction |
Burma--Fiction--Politics and government | |
By Genre | Magic realism (Literature) |