by Sankar (Author), Arunava Sinha (Translator), . Mani Sankar Mukherji (Author)
WINNER OF THE VODAFONE CROSSWORD BOOK AWARD, 2007
SHORTLISTED FOR INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE, 2010
'A terrific page-turner... An utter treat... Chowringhee might, to many eyes, supply more unashamed reader-transporting enjoyment than any other fiction of the year.' -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent
Welcome to the Shahjahan, one of Calcutta's oldest and most venerable hotels. Meet its newest receptionist and hear of the people who spend their days and nights behind the Shahjahan's grand facade, a world where greed, seduction and death coexist with love, luxury and pride. Chowringhee reveals an irresistible vision of a lost - and loved - metropolis, an homage to an old India of myth and memory.
'Chowringhee is one of those novels you don't want to end. It teems with life, creating an entirely absorbing world.' -- Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 184354914X
ISBN 13: 9781843549147
Book Overview: Every 15 years there comes along an Indian novel readers don't want to end... 1979: The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye 1994: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth 2010: Chowringhee by Sankar 'A terrific page-turner... An utter treat... Chowringhee might, to many eyes, supply more unashamed reader-transporting enjoyment than any other fiction of the year.' Boyd Tonkin, Independent