Chef - Softcover

Singh, Dr Jaspreet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408809575 ISBN 13: 9781408809570

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

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'A fascinating, kaleidoscopic journey through one of the most beautiful yet besieged areas in the world - Jaspreet Singh brings out the full poetry and heartbreak of Kashmir' - Manil Suri

'The disputed region of Kashmir forms the elegiac backdrop to an episodic, image- rich work' - Guardian

'Extraordinary ... Chef is an elegant, angry novel ... worthy to stand among the finest of Indian writing, while also being different' - Irish Times

'Singh writes of a beautiful place that dances on the razor wire of India and Pakistan's disputed border. His prose redefines an exhausted situation, giving it new light' - The Times
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Shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Prize for Best Book and nominated for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Kip Singh watches India pass by his window on the slow train to Kashmir. Timorous and barely twenty, Kip arrives for the first time at General Kumar's camp and is placed under the supervision of Chef Kishen, a fiery, anarchic mentor who guides him towards the heady spheres of food and women.

Though he is Sikh, Kip feels secure in his rightful allegiance to India, the right side of this interminable conflict. But when he comes across a Pakistani 'terrorist' with long, flowing hair, swept up on the banks of the river, everything changes... Mesmeric and lyrical, Chef is a story of hope, love and memory.

About this title

About the Author

Born in India, Jaspreet Singh moved to Canada in 1990. He is a novelist, essayist, short story writer and a former research scientist. He received his doctorate in chemical engineering in 1998 from McGill University, Montreal, and two years later decided to focus full time on writing. Seventeen Tomatoes, his debut story collection, won the 2004 Quebec First Book Prize. Chef, his first novel, about the damaged landscapes of Kashmir, was a 2010 Observer Book of the Year and won the Canadian Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction. He has also been a finalist for four awards including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book. His work was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Punjabi and Farsi. He lives in the Canadian Rockies.

www.jaspreetsinghauthor.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408809575
• ISBN 13: 9781408809570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256