The Impressionist (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452283978)

From the author of White Tears and Blue Ruin, this bestselling, award-winning novel of a young man's journey explores what it means to be Indian or English, black or white, and every degree that lies between.

Pran Nath Razdan, the boy who will become the Impressionist, was passed off by his Indian mother as the child of her husband, a wealthy man of a high caste. Pran lived a life of luxury just downriver from the Taj Mahal, but at fifteen, the news of Pran's true parentage is revealed to his father and he is tossed out into the street--a pariah and an outcast. Thus begins an extraordinary, near mythical journey of a young man who must reinvent himself to survive--not once, but many times.

From Victorian India to Edwardian London, from an expatriate community of black Americans in Paris to a hopeless expedition to study a lost tribe of Africa, Hari Kunzru's unforgettable debut novel dazzles with its artistry and wit while it challenges with its insights into the self, nationality, race, and beyond.

Author: Hari Kunzru
ISBN-10: 0452283973
ISBN-13: 9780452283978
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2003
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Booksense '76 Mar/Apr 2003 03/01/2003 pg. 1