Description
Set in Calcutta across the late 1960s and early 1970s, this novel traces the shifting fortunes of an upper-middle-class family as one of its members becomes entangled in extremist political activism. As ideals collide with ambition and loyalty, private lives fracture under the pressure of public events, revealing how quickly safety can become surveillance and love can turn into collateral damage. With a Tolstoy-like sweep of character and interiority, the book illuminates themes of moral compromise, ideological seduction, class anxiety, and the long afterlife of choices. Neel Mukherjee’s richly detailed, psychologically astute style imagines not just what happens, but what it feels like to live through history’s turning points.
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paperback
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Published Jan 1, 2015
528 pages
ISBN: 9780393351712
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee.