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Sojourn
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- Book Synopsis
- 'A mysterious, subtle, haunting novel.' Chris Power An unnamed man arrives in Berlin as a visiting professor. It is a place fused with Western history and cultural fracture lines. He moves along its streets and pavements; through its department stores, museums and restaurants. He befriends Faqrul, an enigmatic exiled poet, and Birgit, a woman with whom he shares the vagaries of attraction. He tries to understand his white-haired cleaner. Berlin is a riddle-he becomes lost not only in the city but in its legacy. Sealed off in his own solitude, and as his visiting professorship passes, the narrator awaits transformation and meaning. Ultimately, he starts to understand that the less sure he becomes of his place in the moment, the more he knows his way. 'Chaudhuri has already proved that he can write better than just about anybody of his generation.' Jonathan Coe
- 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
- 9780571360352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (01 June 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 176
- Weight
- 125 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 8 mm
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