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03823aam a22004338i 4500 001 8D3718A617D411EEB984481F40ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230701010016 007 t| 008 221017s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022049321 020 $a 1641294663 020 $a 9781641294669 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR9499.3.D433 $b L54 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Deb, Siddhartha, $d 1970- $e author. 245 14 $a The light at the end of the world / $c Siddhartha Deb. 263 $a 2305. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Soho, $c [2023] 300 $a 480 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Delhi, the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers, government sanctioned murders, online rage, nationalist violence, and a figure of shifting identifies known as the "New Delhi Monkey Man." Bhopal, 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in history. Calcutta, 1947: a veterinary student's life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft. And in 1859, a detachment of British soldiers rides toward the Himalayas in search of the last surviving leader of an anti-colonial rebellion. These timelines interweave to form a kaleidoscopic, epic novel in which each section is a pursuit, centered around a character who must find or recover crucial but hidden truths in their respective time. Mirroring the future and the past, these narratives illuminate and reimagine Indian identity and history. The Light at the End of the World, Siddhartha Deb's first novel in a decade and a half, is an astonishing work that brilliantly reimagines the structure of one of the world's oldest civilizations.Delhi, the near future: a former journalist goes in search of answers after she finds herself stripped of identity and citizenship and thrust into a vast conspiracy involving secret detention centers, government sanctioned murders, online rage, nationalist violence, and a figure of shifting identifies known as the "New Delhi Monkey Man." Bhopal, 1984: an assassin hunts a whistleblower through a central Indian city that will shortly be the site of the worst industrial disaster in history. Calcutta, 1947: a veterinary student's life and work connect him to an ancient Vedic aircraft. And in 1859, a detachment of British soldiers rides toward the Himalayas in search of the last surviving leader of an anti-colonial rebellion. These timelines interweave to form a kaleidoscopic, epic novel in which each section is a pursuit, centered around a character who must find or recover crucial but hidden truths in their respective time. Mirroring the future and the past, these narratives illuminate and reimagine Indian identity and history. The Light at the End of the World, Siddhartha Deb's first novel in a decade and a half, is an astonishing work that brilliantly reimagines the structure of one of the world's oldest civilizations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Time travel $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Political corruption $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Delhi (India) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Kolkata (India) 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Time-travel fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 8 952 $l YUPD232 $d 20240416012513.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240402010844.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125012036.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230902012411.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230802012913.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230718014602.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20230706011556.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230701010029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D3718A617D411EEB984481F40ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search