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Set in the remote, northeastern hills of India, The point of return revolves around the father-son relationship of a willful, curious boy, Babu, and Doctor Dam, an enigmatic product of British colonial rule and Nehruvian nationalism. Told in reverse chronological order, the novel examines an India where the ideals that brought freedom from colonial rule are beginning to crack under the pressure of new rebellions and conflicts. For Dr. Dam and Babu, this has meant living as strangers in the same home, puzzled and resentful, tied only by blood. As the father grows weary and old and the son tries to understand him, clashes between ethnic groups in their small town show them to be strangers to their country as well. Before long, Babu finds himself embarking on a great journey, an odyssey through the memories of his father, his family, and his nation.
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"Magnificent."--Booklist (starred review )
"Siddhartha Deb has imagined a kind of Indian Don Quixote."--New York Times Book Review
"The interplay of political events and intergenerational conflict is wonderfully portrayed."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"Deb's touch is sure, his voice pure, his understanding faultless."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Movingly dramatizes the immersion of individual lives in the flow of history."--Publishers Weekly
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"Siddhartha Deb has imagined a kind of Indian Don Quixote."--New York Times Book Review
"The interplay of political events and intergenerational conflict is wonderfully portrayed."--San Diego Union-Tribune
"Deb's touch is sure, his voice pure, his understanding faultless."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Movingly dramatizes the immersion of individual lives in the flow of history."--Publishers Weekly
A moving account of one man's search to unearth the stories hidden in his father's youth and his country's past
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