{"product_id":"9780060936785","title":"The House of Blue Mangoes : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe House of Blue Mangoes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Davidar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1899, in the south Indian village of Chevathar, Solomon Dorai is contemplating the imminent destruction of his world and everything he holds dear. As the \u003cem\u003ethalaivar,\u003c\/em\u003e or headman, of Chevathar, he seeks to preserve the village from both catastrophe and change, and the decisions he makes will mark his family for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping family chronicle, \u003cem\u003eThe  House of Blue Mangoes\u003c\/em\u003e spans nearly half a century and three generations of the Dorai family as they search for their place in a rapidly changing society. The novel brings vividly to life a small corner of India, while offering a stark indictment of colonialism and reflecting with great poignancy on the inexorable social transformations of the subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Riveting … thrilling … exploding with brilliant, polished passages.”\u003cbr\u003e“Thoroughly engrossing … Davidar’s rich debut … offers a sweeping and generous view of India’s fractured history.”\u003cbr\u003e“Page-turning readability … manifests the graces and attractions of a lost time.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lush, densely detailed, sweeping family saga … a tale of grand scope.”\u003cbr\u003e“Lush prose … [Davidar] tells a fine, true, accurate tale with vividness and verve.”\u003cbr\u003e“The House of Blue Mangoes is a perfect body of work, honed and polished to a high gloss”\u003cbr\u003e“The book is huge in scope but intimate in detail . . . there are some magnificent set pieces”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060936785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41034012164302,"sku":"9780060936785","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060936785.jpg?v=1647744577","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060936785","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}