The lives of others
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516 pages : map, genealogical table ; 25 cm.
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Neel Mukherjee delivers a powerful, epic story of a family and a nation. The aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household, made up of their five adult children and their respective children, unaware that beneath the barely ruffled surface of their lives the sands are shifting. Each set of family members occupies a floor of the home, in accordance to their standing within the family. Poisonous rivalries between sisters-in-law, destructive secrets, and the implosion of the family business threaten to unravel bonds of kinship as social unrest brews in greater Indian society. This is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change: the chasm between the generations, and between those who have and those who have not, has never been wider. The eldest grandchild, Supratik, compelled by his idealism, becomes dangerously involved in extremist political activisman action that further catalyzes the decay of the Ghosh home. Ambitious, rich, and compassionate, The Lives of Others anatomizes the soul of a nation as it unfolds a family history, at the same time as it questions the nature of political action and the limits of empathy. It is a novel of unflinching power and emotional force.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, N. (2014). The lives of others (First American edition.). W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Neel. 2014. The Lives of Others. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Neel. The Lives of Others New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mukherjee, Neel. The Lives of Others First American edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.

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