{"product_id":"9780061938351","title":"The World We Found : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Thrity Umrigar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Stunning . . . . This is a novel that rewards reading, and even re-reading. \u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful meditation.” —\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThrity Umrigar, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Space Between Us \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with a breathtaking new novel—a skillfully wrought, emotionally resonant story of four women and the indelible friendship they share.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs university students in late 1970s Bombay, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta were inseparable. Spirited and unconventional, they challenged authority and fought for a better world. But over the past thirty years, the quartet has drifted apart, the day-to-day demands of work and family tempering the revolutionary fervor they once shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes devastating news: Armaiti, who moved to America, is gravely ill and wants to see the old friends she left behind. For Laleh, reunion is a bittersweet reminder of unfulfilled dreams and unspoken guilt. For Kavita, it is an admission of forbidden passion. For Nishta, it is the promise of freedom from a bitter, fundamentalist husband. And for Armaiti, it is an act of acceptance, of letting go on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling masterwork from the remarkable Thrity Umrigar, offering an unforgettable portrait of modern India while it explores the enduring bonds of friendship and the power of love to change lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is stunning in its credibility and nuance. . . . This is a novel that rewards reading, and even re-reading. \u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful meditation.”\u003cbr\u003e“Luminous. . . . Wise and absorbing, Umrigar’s novel has the rich, chaotic vibrancy of a Mumbai marketplace.”\u003cbr\u003e“Asparkling and sharp slice of life.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is absorbing and resonant.”\u003cbr\u003e“Umrigar renders a vivid portrait of modern-day India as she meditates upon the power of friendship, loyalty, and love. Like her previous works, \u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e is eloquent and evocative, bitter and sweet.”\u003cbr\u003e“There’s ample discussion to be had here on the topics of family, friendship, religion and marriage. Umrigar is a lively storyteller. The women are sympathetic characters, their relationships fully realized and deeply felt. . . . Umrigar’s evocative world is one worth finding, indeed.”\u003cbr\u003e“Absorbing. . . . A rewarding novel.”\u003cbr\u003e“A storyteller through and through, Umrigar ensures that her characters face up to the costs and consequences created by their choices, right or wrong, principled or unprincipled.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061938351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41105526489294,"sku":"9780061938351","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061938351.jpg?v=1649564874","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061938351","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}