That Summer in Paris by Abha Dawesar - ISBN: 9780307275455
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From the award-winning author of "Babyji" comes an utterly seductive tale of an aging writer whose involvement with a young woman forces him to face the eternal question of love. Prem Rustum, a famous but reclusive Indian author, has spent most of his life consumed with writing. Fe…

That Summer in Paris

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    352 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2010

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Summary

From the award-winning author of Babyji comes an utterly seductive tale of an aging writer whose involvement with a young woman forces him to face the eternal question of love.Prem Rustum, a famous but reclusive Indian author, has spent most of his life consumed with writing. Feeling the weight of his seventy-five years, he resolves to put down his pen and live a little. He ventures online where he finds Maya, an aspiring young novelist who has boldly posted her admiration for Prem’s work. Captivated by her charm, Prem decides on impulse to join her in the City of Light. During the summer that follows, Maya brings Prem into direct confrontation with his mortality and desires through the awakening of new longings and the rekindling of old ones. Written with sureness of style and tempo, That Summer in Paris reflects on how art informs love, and love, literature.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780307275455
ISBN-10:0307275450
Author:Abha Dawesar
Publisher:Three Rivers Press
Imprint:Three Rivers Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:15 December 2010
Weight:254g
Dimensions:19mm x 134mm x 202mm
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That Summer in Paris by Abha Dawesar - ISBN: 9780307275455
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Critics Review

“A universal story of pain, loss, and the continuous need for love… . Dawesar’s erotic prose jumps off the page like a dancer in flight.” —Chicago Sun-Times“The characters in Dawesar’s charmingly oddball novel care so passionately about art that it literally turns them on… . sharp intellectual back-and-forth drives both this unlikely romance and Dawesar’s quirky novel.” —Entertainment Weekly“A provocative tale of love and the literature it inspires … Dawesar’s third novel is a contemplative, sensual, and literary mélange.” —Booklist

About The Author

Abha Dawesar

Born in New Delhi, India, Abha Dawesar has written two other novels. Her most recent novel, Babyji, won the 2006 American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award. She is also a winner of an NYFA Fiction Fellowship.

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