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Funny Boy
'An extraordinarily powerful, deeply moving novel' Amitav Ghosh NOW A MAJOR FILM ON NETFLIX In the world of his large family - affluent Tamils living in Colombo - Arjie is an oddity, a 'funny boy' who prefers dressing as a girl to playing cricket with his brother. But as Arjie comes to terms with his own homo-sexuality and with the racism of the society in which he lives, Sri Lanka is plunged into civil war as fighting between the army and the Tamil Tigers gradually begins to encroach on the family's comfortable life. Sporadic acts of violence flare into full scale riots and lead, ultimately, to tragedy. Written in clear, simple prose, Shyam Selvadurai's first novel is masterly in its mingling of the personal and political. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEEL MUKHERJEE
Cinnamon Gardens
Lush And Beautiful, Cinnamon Gardens Is A Story Of Intertwined Lives In The Gracious World Of Ceylon In The 1920S In A Novel Of Exceptional Achievement, Shyam Selvadurai Evokes The Life Of The Upper Classes Of Colombo'S Wealthy Suburb, Cinnamon Gardens, At A Time When The Power Of Colonial Rule In The Country Is Shifting. It Tells The Story Of Annalukshmi, A Young Schoolteacher, Who Finds Herself Caught Between Her Family'S Pressures To Marry And Her Own Desire For A More Independent Life; A Life She Sees Reflected In Her Mentor, Miss Lawton, A Progressive Headmistress. She Comes To Realize That This Life Is Fraught With Complexities And Danger And With Rules That Cannot Be Broken. There Is Also Balendran, The Obedient Son Of A Domineering Patriarch, Whose Story Is Brilliantly Counterpointed With That Of His Niece Annalukshmi'S. He Leads A Comfortable Existence With His Wife Sonia Till He Learns That Richard Howland Is To Arrive In Colombo. This Uneasy Reunion With A Lover From The Past Throws Balendran Into Turmoil And Re-Ignites Tensions With His Father. As The Narrative Unfolds And Deepens A Varied Cast Of Characters Emerge, Including Louisa, Annalukshmi'S Mother Who, In The Face Of A Failed Marriage, Struggles To Raise Her Daughters Alone; Arul, Balendran'S Exiled Brother; And The Delightfully High-Strung And Meddlesome Philomena Barnett. Selvadurai'S Sensual Descriptions And Keen Insights Take Us Behind The Fragrant Gardens And Polished Surfaces To Reveal A World Of Splintered Families, Conflicted Passions And Lives Destroyed By Class Hatred. With This Novel, The Author Confirms His Earlier Promise As One Of Sri Lanka'S Most Distinctive And Talented New Voices.
Horse
“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can’t look away.” —Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.