Ananda Devi

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The Living DaysPaperback, 5 November 2019

The Living Days
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Print Length
174 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Feminist Press
Date Published
5 Nov 2019
ISBN-10
1936932709
ISBN-13
9781936932702

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This novel of post-9/11 London is a masterful dissection of racism, aging, and the perturbing nature of desire. Ananda Devi's fluid, poetic language memorably conjures a union of two outcasts (The New Yorker).

A chance encounter on Portobello Road incites an unsettling, magnetic attraction between Mary, a seventy-five-year-old white British spinster, and Cub, a thirteen-year-old Jamaican boy from Brixton. Mary increasingly clings to phantoms as dementia overtakes her reality, latching on to Cub and channeling all of her remaining energy into their relationship. But their macabre romance comes to a horrific climax, as white supremacy, poverty, and class conflict explode on the streets of London.

Through exquisite juxtaposition, Devi uses lush prose to confront the tensions of an increasingly nationalistic metropolis, and the queasy nature of desire muddled with power.

"A gorgeously written, profoundly upsetting fairy tale of race, class, power, and desire." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Brutal and entirely believable, a gorgeous and haunting depiction of London and the real lives and memories of those unseen within it. --Publishers Weekly

Product Details

Author:
Ananda Devi
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
5 November 2019
Dimensions:
20.07 x 13.21 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
1936932709
ISBN-13:
9781936932702
Language:
English
Location:
New York City
Pages:
174
Publisher:
Weight:
204.12 gm

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