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The dream builders : a novel
- Title
- The dream builders : a novel / Oindrila Mukherjee.
- Author
- Mukherjee, Oindrila
- Publication
- Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2023.
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 23-707 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 372 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "After living in the US for years, Maneka Roy returns home to India to mourn the loss of her mother and finds herself in a new world. The booming city of Hrishipur where her father now lives is nothing like the part of the country where she grew up, and the more she sees of this new, sparkling city, the more she learns that nothing--and no one--here is as it appears. Ultimately, it will take an unexpected tragic event for Maneka and those around her to finally understand just how fragile life is in this city built on aspirations. Written from the perspectives of ten different characters, Oindrila Mukherjee's incisive debut novel explores class divisions, gender roles, and stories of survival within a society that is constantly changing and becoming increasingly Americanized. It's a story about India today, and people impacted by globalization everywhere: a tale of ambition, longing, and bitter loss that asks what it really costs to try and build a dream"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Includes reader's guide.
- Call Number
- JFD 23-707
- ISBN
- 9781953534637
- 1953534635
- 9781953534705 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022043910
- OCLC
- 1333620273
- Author
- Mukherjee, Oindrila, author.
- Title
- The dream builders : a novel / Oindrila Mukherjee.
- Publisher
- Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Indians (India) Michiganders University and college faculty members
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Research Call Number
- JFD 23-707