Latitudes of Longing
A Novel
New York : One World, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First US edition.
Description: 305 pages ; 24 cm
"A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a mother struggling to free her revolutionary son; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who transforms first into a boat and then a woman; and the ghost of an evaporated ocean as restless as the continents. Binding them all together is a vision of life as vast as the universe itself. A young writer awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in India for this novel, Shubhangi Swarup is a storyteller of extraordinary talent and insight. Richly imaginative and wryly perceptive, Latitudes of Longing offers a soaring view of humanity: our beauty and ugliness, our capacity to harm and love each other, and our mysterious and sacred relationship with nature"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Romance fiction, Indic (English)
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Magical Realism.
FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
Romance fiction, Indic (English)
Man-woman relationships.
Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Man-woman relationship -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
India.
India -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Romance fiction, Indic (English)
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Magical Realism.
FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
Romance fiction, Indic (English)
Man-woman relationships.
Fantasy fiction, Indic (English)
Man-woman relationship -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
India.
India -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780593132555
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First published in India by HarperCollins Publishers in 2018.