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At the age of fifteen, Pran Nath Razdan is thrown out onto the streets when the truth of his parentage is revealed, forcing him to re-invent himself over and over to survive as he journeys from Victorian India to Edwardian London where he learns to master his chameleon-like ability to transform himself into whoever and whatever he needs to fulfill his utmost desires. A first novel. Reprint.
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"Delectable, sweeping, empire-savaging, audaciously playful ... Kunzru writes with wry certitude and cinematic precision" —New York Times
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"A sprawling, ambitious, shape-shifting novel...Kunzru proves himself a clever, sharply observant writer." —The Washington Post
"Nothing is as it seems in this serpentine Dickensian epic...Kunzru nicely limns the fickle roles race and class play in civilized societies." —People magazine
"A witty, well-crafted comic saga of the dark side of the British Empire" —Financial Times"Glorious, hilarious. Kunzru has created a book in which we can feel at home in the strangeness of his gorgeous imagination" —Boston Sunday Herald
"Riveting stuff, beautifully written ... Superb" —The Times (London)
"The Impressionist is both a great adventure yarn and an exploration of identity, both personal and national...One might be occasionally reminded of Salman Rushdie or Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited)." —Detroit Free Press
"Superb. Smart, entertaining and engaging on many levels" —Dallas Morning News
"Grand, sprawling, extravagant, lyrical. A work so vibrant and richly imagined that you can smell the incense" —Esquire
"Epic in scale and rich in historical detail, the narrative is deft and swift ... carrying the reader along effortlessly. This first novel has startling depth, ambition and craftsmanship" —Time Out London
"A narrative with just the right blend of misadventure, humor, and humiliation...Call Kunzru amodern-day Kipling." —GQ
"Maniacally inventive—a fantastic funhouse of a novel." —Vogue
"The next literary lion." —Independent on Sunday (UK)
Hari Kunzru, author of the award-winning and bestselling novel The Impressionist, was named as one of Granta’s “20 Best Fiction Writers Under 40.” The Impressionist was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and a British Book Award; and was one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Novels of 2002. Kunzru has written for a variety of English and international publications, including The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The London Review of Books, and Wired.
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- EditorePlume
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0452283973
- ISBN 13 9780452283978
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine400
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. From the author of White Tears and Blue Ruin, this bestselling, award-winning novel of a young mans journey explores what it means to be Indian or English, black or white, and every degree that lies between.Pran Nath Razdan, the boy who will become the Impressionist, was passed off by his Indian mother as the child of her husband, a wealthy man of a high caste. Pran lived a life of luxury just downriver from the Taj Mahal, but at fifteen, the news of Prans true parentage is revealed to his father and he is tossed out into the streeta pariah and an outcast. Thus begins an extraordinary, near mythical journey of a young man who must reinvent himself to survivenot once, but many times.From Victorian India to Edwardian London, from an expatriate community of black Americans in Paris to a hopeless expedition to study a lost tribe of Africa, Hari Kunzrus unforgettable debut novel dazzles with its artistry and wit while it challenges with its insights into the self, nationality, race, and beyond. Sweeping from India to England to France and Africa and played out on a teeming world canvas, "The Impressionist" is the unforgettable riches-to-rags story of a boy who is born into a lie and must adapt--or perish. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780452283978
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