by Amit Chaudhuri (Author)
A Strange and Sublime Address
`Funny, delicate, sensuous, evocative . . . made me laugh aloud. The best portrait of India today I've read' Margaret Drabble
`This evocation of the routine, quotidian magic of normality strikes me as an extraordinary thing to have brought off . . . mesmerizing' John Lanchester, Vogue
Afternoon Raag
`Enchanting, studded with moments of beauty more arresting that anything to be found in a hundred busier and more excitable narratives . . . Chaudhuri has proven that he can write better than just about anyone of his generation' Jonathan Coe, London Review of Books
`This immensely subtle novel both estranges and gently strokes the surface of English and Indian life. I know of nothing in English fiction that resembles it' Tom Paulin
Freedom Song
`An immensely gifted writer . . . his novels are crammed with breathtaking sentences, sharp characterizations, comic set pieces and melancholy grace notes' New York Times Book Review
`Chaudhuri writes about India like no one else . . . Exquisite and supremely haunting, a work of contemporary fiction by a world-class writer' Robert McCrum, Observer
Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Picador
Published: 20 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0330482750
ISBN 13: 9780330482752
Book Overview: A strange and sublime address won first prize in the Betty Trask Awards, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book in 1992. Afternoon Raag won the 1993 Southern Arts Literature Prize and the Encore award for Best Second novel. Freedom Song won the LA Times Book Award.