{"product_id":"an-elsewhere-place-malay-kumar-roy-9789386582768","title":"An Elsewhere Place: Boyhood Days in Hazaribagh","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the early 1950s to the early '60s, Malay Kumar Roy spent around ten years as a young boy in Hazaribagh in the Chhotanagpur district of Jharkhand, which was then a part of Bihar. In \u003cem\u003eAn Elsewhere Place\u003c\/em\u003e, Roy reminisces about his life there--a place that 'touches a boy forever'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, he vividly describes Hazaribagh's tranquil landscape, its changing seasons and its unhurried pace of life. We get a glimpse of a time gone by from Roy's stories about sharing a crate of mangoes with the last Englishman living in Hazaribagh; a little bear cub tipsy on mahua flowers; a gravely injured fox cub that was nursed back to health by him and his family, and a visitor from Calcutta who boasted about his detective skills and courage but lost steam upon seeing a dangerous criminal. And he revisits his schooldays at St Xavier's School where his Jesuit mentors taught him the value of curiosity and discipline in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in charming, spare prose, this collection evokes a gentle, easy-going time when man and nature existed in harmony; a time of friendships, wonder and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malay Kumar Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9386582767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789386582768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.39d","brand":"Malay Kumar Roy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983529607423,"sku":"9789386582768","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc671144-5a87-43e3-90bc-6541b7364a1c.jpg?v=1683267192","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-elsewhere-place-malay-kumar-roy-9789386582768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}