A State of Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393292909)

In this stunning novel, prize-winning author Neel Mukherjee wrests open the central, defining events of our century: displacement and migration. Five characters, in very different circumstances--from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant and his dancing bear, to a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city--find out the meanings of dislocation and the desire for more.

Set in contemporary India and moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives--formally daring, fierce, but full of pity--delivers a devastating and haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life.

Author: Neel Mukherjee
ISBN-10: 0393292908
ISBN-13: 9780393292909
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2018
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 10/16/2017
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2017 pg. 19
Library Journal 11/01/2017 pg. 72
Booklist 12/01/2017 pg. 29
BookPage 01/01/2018
Shelf Awareness 01/19/2018