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Château Rouge
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- Book Synopsis
- 'One of our most entertaining writers' Deborah Levy I was beginning to feel it would be best not to settle down in areas recognisably Parisian, because places recognisably themselves tend to be fictitious. A writer is invited to Paris and finds himself living in an area that bears little resemblance to his idea of the city. With the passing of time, his disquiet translates into a way of seeking and experiencing a truer, more unlikely Paris. Château Rouge takes up residence in that area before floating freely through the city. It takes its time, exploring tangents, diversions, side-streets, creeping into new spaces and remote angles, to open up fresh ground and appraise the city, the experience of travel, otherness - and the novel itself - anew. 'Paris provides the perfect setting for this beautiful, quietly experimental novel about a man floating through a city he struggles to find his place in' New Statesman 'Chaudhuri is a master of mundane, hallucinatory moments, calling to mind Rachel Cusk or W. G. Sebald' Hua Hsu, New Yorker 'Chaudhuri's minutely observed Paris comes to life because it is real, not romanticised. In so many ways, his perceptions are a lesson in how to see a place as it is, rather than as you want it to be' Herald
- About The Author
- Amit Chaudhuri is the author of eight novels, including Sojourn and Friend of My Youth, as well as four books of essays, three books of poems, two works of non-fiction, a collection of short stories and a critical study of D. H. Lawrence's poetry. He has received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Encore Prize, the LA Times Book Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award, among other accolades. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. From 2006 until 2021, he was Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia and is currently Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Centre for the Creative and the Critical, Ashoka University. He is a vocalist in the North Indian classical tradition and a composer and performer in a celebrated project that brings together different musical traditions.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571394937
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (02 July 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 mm
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