{"product_id":"the-conquest-of-kailash-inderjeet-mani-9789362695901","title":"The Conquest of Kailash","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Toxic Spirits comes a new and heartbreaking \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel about cruelty and marginalization, and the struggle to find meaning in a world \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof mounting prejudice and false belief. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGay but still closeted and missing his wife Helen - who has fled their home to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome a Buddhist nun - Ali Akbar returns in old age from California to India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Deer Park where the Buddha gave his first sermon, he comes across a flyer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat promises to teach him how to find love again. After being assaulted outside the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epark at a parade led by a religious fundamentalist, Ali attempts to make good on the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epromise of the flyer, traveling from Benares up towards the icy heights of Mount \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKailash. Along the way, Ali is forced to come to terms with the relentless sexual \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabuse he suffered in childhood in India, as well as his personal failures, including his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpulsion from Cambridge University, his failed career hopes, and most of all, his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelationships with Helen and their daughter Homa. Navigating between competing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efundamentalisms that mark a time of social collapse, Ali tries, in the time that he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas left, to seize that last chance to find love again -- even if it takes a very different \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eform from what he expected. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteeped in the philosophies of classical Greece and India, and layered with colorful \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravelogues in India, England, and the US, The Conquest of Kailash is written in Mani's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echaracteristically atmospheric and humane style that has attracted readers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Inderjeet Mani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9362695901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789362695901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ukiyoto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Inderjeet Mani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48800822591743,"sku":"9789362695901","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-conquest-of-kailash-inderjeet-mani-9789362695901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}