{"product_id":"notes-on-a-marriage-selma-carvalho-9789354477096","title":"Notes on a Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his younger days, Alfred Hughes had been quite the Nineties revolutionary at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis university in England, clad in faded army fatigues and smoking Cuban cigars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey called him Ché Freddo. His comrades-in-arms were Nido-Nitin-son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof divorced Indian immigrants, and Eugenia-ardent admirer of Sylvia Plath, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho believed that one had to sacrifice everything for a cause, be fearless in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeath. Into this mix came Anju Kale, of British-Asian heritage, the only child of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisheartened Indian Marxist father and a submissive, but wealthy, English mother, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand her entry into this tightly-knit group caused all equations to shift and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs time goes by, Freddo gives up revolution for the security of a college\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprofessorship, Nido for a job at Goldman Sachs. Anju marries Freddo and tries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto come to terms with his serial philandering, in a marriage precariously held\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etogether by middle-class sensibilities. And the devastating secret about what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappened to Eugenia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Anju too finds herself caught in an extra-marital relationship. Trapped\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween the need for fulfilment and a love of stability, Anju must redefine what it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeans to be a family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn prose that is lyrical and beguiling, Selma Carvalho weaves a story about a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emarriage that is tender, startling and wise in turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis masterful work from the author of the remarkable fiction debut, Sisterhood of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwans, confirms Carvalho's place in the literary firmament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selma Carvalho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354477097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354477096\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 01\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.37d","brand":"Selma Carvalho","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49166318960895,"sku":"9789354477096","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/notes-on-a-marriage-selma-carvalho-9789354477096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}