Em and the Big Hoom
$34.32
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2015
Summary
A wildly comic novel about families, mothers and madness
Meet Imelda and Augustine, or - as our young narrator calls his unusual parents - Em and the Big Hoom. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em’s bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others.
Touching, charming an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241966518 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241966515 |
| Author: | Jerry Pinto |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India
A rare, brilliant book, one that is wonderfully different from any other that I have read coming out of India – Kiran Desai
I can’t remember the last time I wanted to read a book so much … Genius * Guardian *
Powerful … flashes of telling detail * Sunday Times *
A profoundly moving book: I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this – Amitav Ghosh
Pinto’s narrative is both brutal and beautiful * Business Standard Book Review *
Deeply engrossing, finely-tuned, and told with a moving and luminous clarity, this is a splendid and memorable debut * The Hindu *
A small and beautiful book … Pinto’s writing has startling sweetness – Asian Review of Books
Em and the Big Hoom is a joyous read that leaves you chuckling and sad, at once – The Asian Age
Jerry Pinto
Jerry Pinto lives and works in Mumbai. He has been a mathematics tutor, school librarian, journalist, and columnist. He is now associated with MelJol, an NGO that works in the sphere of child rights.
His published works include:
- Asylum (a book of poems)
- Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema in 2007)
Em and the Big Hoom is his first novel.
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