My beloved life : a novel / Amitava Kumar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kumar, Amitava, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Self-realization--Fiction.

Self-realization.

Men--Fiction.

Men.

Women--Fiction.

Women.

India--History--20th century--Fiction.

India.

Genre:

Novels

Psychological fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

331 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Summary:

"Jadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. His mother, while pregnant, nearly dies from a cobra bite. And this is only the first of many challenges in store for Jadu. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane, Jadu finds meaning in the most unexpected places. He becomes a historian. He has a daughter, Jugnu, who grows up to be a television journalist and then escapes her marriage for a career in the United States. And he sees currents of huge change sweep across India--from Independence to Partition, Gandhi to Modi, the Mahabharata to Somerset Maugham--in ways that Jadu is both apart from and can't help but represent."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jadu

Jugnu

Jadu

Maati.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Kumar, Amitava, 1963- My beloved life

ISBN:

9780593536063

0593536061

9780593469750

0593469755

OCLC:

1380390107