01999nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200210009510000290011624500230014526000350016830000310020336500570023452012110029165000280150270000310153094200120156199900190157395201770159220260207102628.0241115b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780143466307  cAL  aEnglish  223a820.33bSHRO  aGeetanjali Shree9253904  aOur City That Year  aHaryanabHamish Hamiltonc2024  aviii,418 p.bHBc22x14 cm.  aBLCR-045b₹559.00c₹d₹699.00e20%f11-11-2024  aFrom the Winner of The 2022 International Booker Prize
A city teeters on the edge of chaos. A society lies fractured along fault lines of faith and ideology. A playground becomes a battleground. A looming silence grips the public.

Against this backdrop, Shruti, a writer paralyzed by the weight of events, tries to find her words, while Sharad and Hanif, academics whose voices are drowned out by extremism, find themselves caught between clichés and government slogans. And there’s Daddu, Sharad’s father, a beacon of hope in the growing darkness. As they each grapple with thoughts of speaking the unspeakable, an unnamed narrator takes on the urgent task of bearing witness.

First published in Hindi in 1998, Our City That Year is a novel that defies easy categorization—it’s a time capsule, a warning siren and a desperate plea. Geetanjali Shree’s shimmering prose, in Daisy Rockwell’s nuanced and consummate translation, takes us into a fever dream of fragmented thoughts and half-finished sentences, mirroring the disjointed reality of a city under siege. Readers will find themselves haunted long after the final page, grappling with questions that echo far beyond India’s borders.  aEnglish Fiction9185456  aRockwell, Daisy Tr9185458  2ddccBK  c231923d231923  00102ddc40708ENGaALbALd2024-11-13eNavakarnataka Publications Pvt. Ltd. Mangaluru-575001g559.00l0o820.33 SHROp077370r2024-11-15 00:00:00v699.00w2024-11-15yBK