{"product_id":"harbart-nabarun-bhattacharya-9780811224734","title":"Harbart","description":"Poor, poor, hard-luck Herbert Sarkar: born into a fancy Calcutta family but cursed from birth (his philandering movie director father is killed in a car crash and his mother dies soon after, when he's still just a baby), he is taken as an orphan into his uncle's house, only to fall further and further down the family totem pole. Despite good looks (\"Hollywood-ish, Leslie Howard-ish)\" and native talents, he is scorned by all but his kind aunt. Poor Herbert: so lovable but so little loved. Cheated of his inheritance, living on the roof in cast-off clothing, he pines for love, but all is woe: his own nephews beat him up.\u003cbr\u003e At twenty, however, he suddenly seems to possess the gift of speaking with the dead. \u003cem\u003eHerbert\u003c\/em\u003e is bathed in glory. From less than zero to starry heights--what an apotheosis. The wheel of fortune turns again, all too soon...\u003cbr\u003e Legendary, scathingly satiric, wildly energetic, deeply tender, \u003cem\u003eHerbert\u003c\/em\u003e is an Indian masterwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nabarun Bhattacharya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811224732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811224734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2019","brand":"Nabarun Bhattacharya","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947271520511,"sku":"9780811224734","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cb673057-a71a-47c0-99ff-597c17267fed.jpg?v=1681517730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harbart-nabarun-bhattacharya-9780811224734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}