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The Far Field : A Novel by Madhuri Vijay is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Far Field : A Novel about?
“Remarkable... Vijay traces the fault lines of history, love, and obligation running through a fractured family and country.” —Anthony Marra, New York Times–bestselling author of The Tsar of Love and TechnoWinner of the 2019 JCB Prize for Literature Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize–winner Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present. In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir's politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that c
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Madhuri Vijay
- Publisher
- New York: Grove Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802128409
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (1,322 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14