Choice - Couverture rigide

Mukherjee, Neel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1324075015 ISBN 13 : 9781324075011

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2024

Synopsis

"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes. One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about a young academic involved in a car accident that causes her life to veer in an unexpected direction. Another author, an economist, describes how the gift of a cow to an impoverished family on the West Bengal-Bangladesh border sets them on a startling path to tragedy.

Together, these connected narratives raise the question: How free are we really to make our own choices? In a scathing, compassionate quarrel with the world, Neel Mukherjee confronts our fundamental assumptions about economics, race, appropriation, and the tangled ethics of contemporary life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neel Mukherjee is the author of four novels, including The Lives of Others, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He divides his time between London, England, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1324075015
• ISBN 13: 9781324075011
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible