The Far Field

The Far Field
- The Far Field Hardcover – January 15, 2019
WINNER OF THE 2019 JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

â€œThe Far FieldÂ 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.Â The Far FieldÂ does both.â€â€•Anthony Marra, author of The Tzar of Love and TechnoÂ Â

Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madhuri Vijayâ€™s The Far Field follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present.

In the wake of her motherâ€™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 Kashmirâ€™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.

With rare acumen and evocative prose, inÂ The Far Field Madhuri Vijay masterfully examines Indian politics, class prejudice, and sexualityÂ through the lens ofÂ an outsider, offering a profound meditation on grief, guilt, and the limits of compassion.Â
Country USA
Brand Grove Press
Manufacturer Grove Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0802128408
ReleaseDate 2019-01-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780802128409

Country	USA
Brand	Grove Press
Manufacturer	Grove Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0802128408
ReleaseDate	2019-01-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780802128409

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