Don't Let Him Know
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:28th Jan '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A tender, powerful, and beautifully told story of displacement, Don't Let Him Knowmarks the arrival of a brave new voice in Indian literature
In a boxy apartment building in an American university town, Romola Mitra, a young bride, anxiously awaits her first letter from home in India. When she accidentally opens the wrong letter, it changes her life. Decades later, her son Amit finds the letter and thinks he has discovered his mother’s secret. But secrets have their own secrets sometimes, and a way of following their keepers. Moving from adolescent rooftop games to adult encounters in gay bars, from hair salons in Calcutta to McDonald’s drive-thrus in California, this is an unforgettable story about family, the struggle between having what we want and doing what we feel we must – and the sacrifices we make for those we love.
This artful novel is a true delight. It dances across continents and through time * Daily Mail *
With a tender yet exacting gaze, Sandip Roy creates a mesmerizing tableau of family life in an era of transformation, migration, and upheaval * Tahmima Anam, author of A Golden Age *
A believable and wonderfully written story of secrets between the generations * The Times *
Sandip Roy’s compelling characters strive to negotiate the distances between continents, generations and sexualities; through a dazzling mosaic of narrative snapshots Roy captures the arcs of entire lifetimes * Manil Suri *
Gripping and surprising … Captures the heart of modern Indian life and is masterful at demonstrating the mystery behind all families * Stylist *
A story rich with the exhilaration of the future, and heavy with the tug of the past. I loved it * Neil Bartlett *
ISBN: 9781408856666
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 184g
256 pages