Em and the Big Hoom
by Pinto, Jerry
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 8192328023
- ISBN 13
- 9788192328027
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
84 Copies Available from This Seller
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.” Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace 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, oras 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ING9788192328027
- Title
- Em and the Big Hoom
- Author
- Pinto, Jerry
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 84
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 8192328023
- ISBN 13
- 9788192328027
- Publisher
- Rupa Publications
- This edition first published
- 2012
Terms of Sale
Russell Books Ltd
About the Seller
Russell Books Ltd
About Russell Books Ltd
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...