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Zusatztext This is a debut novel from India of an utterly original kind. Joshi hasfound a style and a form in which to say new things about the Indian experiencein a new manner. The novel takes three generations of a Gujarati familyand uses them to track the course of Indian history back to 1930 and forwardinto the first decades of the next century. Informationen zum Autor Ruchir Joshi is a trained and practising filmmaker in India. Born and raised in Calcutta, he now lives in Delhi. Zusammenfassung The most arresting Indian novel since Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’.
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'The brand new experience after Rushdie: a megashow, Russian in size, Indian in soul.' India Today
'Written in the joyous tradition of Tristram Shandy, Joshi has Sterne's gift for digressions [and] the master's eye for his surroundings. This is surely a great moment for Indian literature. "The Last Jet-Engine Laugh" debates whether the story of a nation can be the story of a self.' Tom Payne, Daily Telegraph
'Exhilarating...Joshi's narrative jump-cuts with a surreal invention reminiscent of the work of Vonnegut.' The Times
'Proof positive that it's possible for Indian writers to be wickedly cynical, funny and bitter without the scathing edge blunting the Indianness or vice versa...Put simply, "The Last Jet-Engine Laugh" is a family saga across three generations. It's also (as most really good books are) a love story. But before you yawn and reach for the remote saying, "Yaar, saala, it's been done before," it ain't quite been done like this. Joshi is a most unsuitable boy, and if there were a glass palace about, he'd be the one throwing stones.' Anita Roy, Biblio
'Stylish, suggestive, musical...a great moment for Indian literature.' Daily Telegraph
