{"product_id":"my-beloved-life-1","title":"My Beloved Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA novel that tells the story of modern India, through the life of one apparently ordinary man, from the death of Gandhi to the rise of Modi.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. His mother, while pregnant, nearly dies from a cobra bite. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane, Jadu finds meaning in the most unexpected places. He meets the sherpa who first summited Everest. He befriends poets and politicians. He becomes a historian. And he has a daughter, Jugnu, a television journalist with a career in the United States – whose perspective sheds its own light on his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the while, currents of huge change sweep across India – from Independence to Partition, Gandhi to Modi, the Mahabharata to Somerset Maugham, cholera to COVID – and buffet both Jadu and Jugnu's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmitava Kumar's remarkable \u003cem\u003eMy Beloved Life\u003c\/em\u003e explores how we tell stories and write history, how the lives of individuals play out against the background of historical change, and how no single life is without consequence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, India, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna. In 2016, Kumar was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (General Nonfiction) as well as a Ford Fellowship in Literature from United States Artists. He lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, where he is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 13.1 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46524680044701,"sku":"9781035013715","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781035013715.jpg?v=1766139723","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/my-beloved-life-1","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}