Em and the Big Hoom : A Novel Paperback - 2014
by Pinto, Jerry
- Used
Description
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Details
- Title Em and the Big Hoom : A Novel
- Author Pinto, Jerry
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, NY
- Date 2014-06-24
- Bookseller's Inventory # 305218-6
- ISBN 9780143124764 / 0143124765
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.13 x 0.52 in (19.69 x 13.03 x 1.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014005738
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.92
Summary
First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto’s devastatingly original debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season.
Meet Imelda and Augustine, or—as our young narrator calls his unusual parents—Em and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em’s bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page.
