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No Other World : a Novel by Mehta, Rahul, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the author of the prize-winning collection Quarantine, an insightful, compelling debut novel set in rural America and India in the 1980s and `90s, part coming-of-age story about a gay Indian American boy, part family saga about an immigrant family's struggles each to find a sense of belonging, identity, and hope In a rural community in Western New York, twelve-year-old Kiran Shah, the American-born son of Indian immigrants, longingly observes his prototypically American neighbors, the Bells. He attends school with Kelly Bell, but hes powerfully drawnin a way he does not yet understandto her charismatic father, Chris. Kirans yearnings echo his parents bewilderment as they try to adjust to a new world. His father, Nishit Shah, a successful doctor, is haunted by thoughts of the brother he left behind. His mother, Shanti, struggles to accept a life with a man she did not chooseher marriage to Nishit was arrangedand her growing attachment to an American man. Kiran is close to his older sister, Preetiuntil an unexpected threat and an unfathomable betrayal drive a wedge between them that will reverberate through their lives. As he leaves childhood behind, Kiran finds himself perpetua

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Mehta, Rahul, author
Publisher
NewYork: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780062020468
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult
Rating
3.51 / 5 (113 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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