{"product_id":"the-far-field-paperback","title":"The Far Field - 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\u003eMadhuri Vijay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Far Field\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable, a novel at once politically timely and morally timeless. Madhuri Vijay traces the fault lines of history, love, and obligation running through a fractured family and country. Few novels generate enough power to transform their characters, fewer still their readers. \u003ci\u003eThe Far Field \u003c\/i\u003edoes both.\"--Anthony Marra, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tzar of Love and Techno\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegant, epic debut novel--\"equal parts love story, war story, and family intrigue\" (Ben Fountain)--from an exciting new talent and Pushcart Prize-winner that follows one young woman's search for a lost figure from her childhood, a journey that takes her from Southern India to Kashmir and to the brink of a devastating political and personal reckoning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madhuri Vijay's \u003ci\u003eThe Far Field\u003c\/i\u003e follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir's politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith rare acumen and evocative prose, in \u003ci\u003eThe Far Field\u003c\/i\u003e Madhuri Vijay masterfully examines Indian politics, class prejudice, and sexuality through the lens of an outsider, offering a profound meditation on grief, guilt, and the limits of compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304419192934,"sku":"9780802147967","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eHhHRDVkYjJqQXNCSXZTZlcwNGVjdz09.webp?v=1767599741","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-far-field-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}