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Chowringhee Mani Sankar Mukherji

Chowringhee By Mani Sankar Mukherji

Chowringhee by Mani Sankar Mukherji

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WINNER OF THE VODAFONE CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD, 2007
SHORTLISTED FOR INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE, 2010

'A terrific page-turner... An utter treat... Chowringhee might, to many eyes, supply munashamed reader-transporting enjoyment than any other fiction of the year.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Chowringhee Summary

Chowringhee by Mani Sankar Mukherji

WINNER OF THE VODAFONE CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD, 2007
SHORTLISTED FOR INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE, 2010

'A terrific page-turner... An utter treat... Chowringhee might, to many eyes, supply more unashamed reader-transporting enjoyment than any other fiction of the year.' -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent

Welcome to the Shahjahan, one of Calcutta's oldest and most venerable hotels. Meet its newest receptionist and hear of the people who spend their days and nights behind the Shahjahan's grand facade, a world where greed, seduction and death coexist with love, luxury and pride. Chowringhee reveals an irresistible vision of a lost - and loved - metropolis, an homage to an old India of myth and memory.

'Chowringhee is one of those novels you don't want to end. It teems with life, creating an entirely absorbing world.' -- Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire

Chowringhee Reviews

'A terrific page-turner... An utter treat... Chowringhee might, to many eyes, supply more unashamed reader-transporting enjoyment than any other fiction of the year.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'I lost myself in it for days... A wonderful experience - both gripping and moving.' Vikram Seth 'Chowringhee is one of those novels you don't want to end. It teems with life, creating an entirely absorbing world.' Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire 'A panoramic and utterly captivating picture of a workplace, a city and an era - This old-fashioned feast of storytelling crawls with character, heaves with drama and bursts with flavour - A sumptuous buffet of a book.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent 'Chowringhee has that essential quality of a good novel: the capacity to escape, and help the reader escape, time. You want to turn the pages, but you do not want the pages to end. The words are fresh, and the world of the novel is completely alive, despite being written over 40 years ago... A lovely, charming book brimming with life and full of the unexpectedness of a closely observed world.' Book of the Week, Guardian

About Mani Sankar Mukherji

Sankar - the pen-name of Mani Sankar Mukherji - is one of Bengal's most widely read modern novelists. Two of his novels, Seemabaddha (Company Limited) and JanaAranya (The Middleman) were filmed by Satyajit Ray. He lives in Kolkata (Calcutta).

Additional information

GOR012025772
9781780193618
1780193610
Chowringhee by Mani Sankar Mukherji
Mani Sankar Mukherji
Used - Like New
Paperback
Atlantic Books
20100601
416
Short-listed for INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2010 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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