- Booker Prize 2014 · Shortlist
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
Neel Mukherjee (born 1970)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Lives of Others
W. W. Norton & Company · United States · 28 September 2015 · Paperback · 530 pages
The Lives of Others
W. W. Norton & Company · United States · 1 October 2014 · Hardcover · 528 pages
The Lives of Others
Chatto & Windus · United Kingdom · 2014 · Hardcover · 416 pages
The Lives of Others
Vintage · United Kingdom · 8 January 2015 · Paperback · 528 pages
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Five generations of the Ghosh family share the floors of one house in Calcutta. The patriarch Prafullanath ages at the top; his eldest son struggles to keep the overstretched family paper business going; and the widow of the youngest son lives with her children in a single room below. In 1967 the grandson Supratik, caught up in extremist politics, disappears to rouse peasants against moneylenders and landlords, and his letters about the movement run between chapters of the family's story. At home, jealousies turn poisonous, the business collapses and secrets surface, while the city itself is shaken by the unrest of the late 1960s.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family, Politics, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- India, late 1960s
- First published
- 2014
- Author's age
- 44 when first published
- ISBN
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9780393247909 (W. W. Norton & Company, United States)
9780701186296 (Chatto & Windus, United Kingdom)
9780099554486 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9780393351712 (W. W. Norton & Company, United States)
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