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Written in Jha's exquisitely crafted and beautiful, precise prose, If You Are Afraid of Heights offers the reader a glimpse into a looking-glass world where nothing is quite what it seems and yet everything is strangely familiar. A man and a woman meet in a midnight road accident and fall in love. A reporter arrives in a small town to uncover the story of a child's rape and murder. A young girl, shaken by a series of suicides in her neighbourhood, worries for her parents' safety. Three seemingly separate stories, and yet interwoven themes and recurring motifs suggest a connection between the strands: a crow flying overhead, a sky-scraper larger than any built before, a dog missing part of its tail, a news report . . .
In a novel that defies categorisation, Jha tackles issues of abuse, neglect, and the power of hope: If You Are Afraid of Heights is about the private journeys that people take in their minds; about imaginations fuelled by the images and narratives of a city. The result is a breathtaking odyssey that draws you deep into the uncharted zone between fantasy and reality, deep into the longings and secrets of human lives.
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PRAISE FOR "IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS" "What we come to see, page by page, are the many synchronicities, concurrences and happenstance situations that imbue these interlocking vignettes with a profound and moving sense of the magical."--"The" "San Diego Union-Tribune" "From the author of the devastating "The Blue Bedspread" comes another stunning, multilevel novel of human suffering and uneasy hope . . . Read this one soonest. Undoubtedly one of the best of the year."--"AsianWeek"
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This new novel by the author of The Blue Bedspread is truly one of the most profoundly original, deeply moving and extraordinarily beautiful books I have ever worked on. Raj Kamal Jha is an author to watch and this book is a real gem.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0330427369
- ISBN 13 9780330427364
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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