{"product_id":"our-city-that-year-paperback","title":"Our City That Year - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeetanjali Shree\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaisy Rockwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning author-translator duo of \u003cem\u003eTomb of Sand\u003c\/em\u003e, a powerful, kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured society, loosely based on the gathering violence that eventuated in the demolition of the Babri Mosque by religious extremists in 1992.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"That year, in our city, Hindus abandoned their pacifism. \u003c\/em\u003eWe've run out of other cheeks to turn, \u003cem\u003e they proclaimed. \u003c\/em\u003eWe're helpless!\u003cem\u003e they screamed. They climbed atop mosques and waved the flag of Devi from the prongs of tridents proclaiming, \u003c\/em\u003eWhat was done to us will be visited on them! Wrong shall be answered with wrong!\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an unnamed city in India, violence is erupting between Hindus and Muslims, each side viewing the other with suspicion, rage, and blame. As their identities sharpen, friends and colleagues turn against each other. Hospital beds fill up and classrooms empty out. Curfews are imposed. Residents flee en masse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree intellectuals find themselves paralyzed by anxiety and fear. Shruti, a creative writer, spends her time writing and rewriting the same sentence. Hanif is sidelined by his academic department for his secular beliefs. And Sharad finds it increasingly difficult to connect with Hanif, his childhood friend. The only one left to bear witness is the novel's unnamed narrator, who hurries to transcribe everything that's happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplosive, raw, and uncompromising, \u003cem\u003eOur City That Year\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds in a time of rising uncertainty and dread, when nothing will go back to being as it was before. Twenty-five years after its original publication in Hindi, Shree's clarion call to bear witness to the toxic ideology of religious nationalism is timelier than ever, speaking to the growing divisions across global borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 9.01 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378889257062,"sku":"9780063385702","price":30.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OwjivWuLWx9780063385702.webp?v=1768912596","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/our-city-that-year-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}