Mayank Austen Soofi (12 results)

Condition: New. pp. 240.

Condition: New. pp. 240.

Condition: New. pp. 240.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition maroon boards with embossed dark maroon front cover decoration and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Arundhati Roy; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Nazim Hikmet; Acknowledgments; Permission Acknowledgments and A Note About the Author. "How to tell a shattered story? By slowly becoming everybody. No. By slowly becoming everything." - from the rear outer jacket. "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a dazzling new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things. It takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent - from the crampled neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war. It is an aching love story and a decisive remonstration, a story told in a whisper, in a shout, through unsentimental tears and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Each of its characters is indelibly, tenderly rendered. Its heroes are people who have been broken by the world they live in and then rescued, patched together by acts of love - and by hope. The tale begins with Anjum - who used to be Aftabl - unrolling a threadbare Persian carpet in a city graveyard she calls home. We encounter the odd, unforgettable Tilo and the men who loved her - including Musa, sweetheart and ex-sweetheart, lover and ex-lover; their fates are as entwined as their arms used to be and always will be. We meet Tilo's landlord, a former suitor, now an intelligence officer posted to Kabul. And then we meet the two Miss Jebeens: the first a child born in Srinagar and buried in its overcrowded Martyrs' Graveyard; the second found at midnight, abandoned on a concrete sidewalk in the heart of New Delhi. As this ravishing, deeply humane novel braids these richly complex lives together, it reinvents what a novel can do and can be. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness demonstrates on every page the miracle of Arundhati Roy's storytelling gifts." - from the inner front jacket flap. Soofi, Mayank Austen (jacket photographs); Two Associates (jacket design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition 2012. This book is in very good+ condition - pages lightly tanning; bumping to corners and top and bottom of spine. The dust jacket is in near fine condition - mild shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '001' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, first edition band present, 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front jacket, bottom corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£18.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 445pp. 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' takes us on a journey of many years, the story spooling outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi into the burgeoning new metropolis and beyond, to the Valley of Kashmir and the forests of Central India, where war is peace and peace is war, and where from time to time 'normalcy' is declared. Anjum, who used to be Aftab, unrolls a threadbare carpet in a city graveyard that she calls home. A baby appears quite suddenly on a pavement, a little after midnight, in a crib of litter. The enigmatic S. Tilottama is as much of a presence as she is an absence in the lives of the three men who loved her. Jacket by Mayank Austen Soofi (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…