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The Romantics
A Novel
by Pankaj Mishra
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Samar, a reclusive and bookish college student in Benares, becomes involved with a group of wealthy Europeans, particularly the seductive Catherine, whose dalliance with Samar threatens her romance with a local sitar player. Samar also witnesses the excesses of political activism with its inevitable violence. When his father becomes ill and he must return to his provincial town, he finds that the life he once lived, that of a lonely scholar, is the one that makes the best sense for him. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.
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9780375502743,
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Random House Inc,
2000
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9788186939055,
Book,
Indiaink,
2000
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9780385720809,
Paperback,
Anchor Books,
2001
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9780786230013,
Hardcover,
Thorndike Pr,
2000
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Publisher Notes
In a novel set in both modern-day India and Europe, a young Brahmin intellectual finds himself caught between two cultures as he seeks to find his true identity.
Media Reviews
"As an essayist, Mishra is fastidious, his prose plain and precise, eschewing metaphor and excessive stylistic ornamentation. This precision is again evident in his first novel...., but what is new, and surprising, is the lyricism of his style....THE ROMANTICS is a fine and impressive first novel."
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