Neha Patil (Editor)

The Lives of Others (novel)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.2
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.2
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Language
  
English

ISBN
  
978-0-7011-8629-6

Author
  
Neel Mukherjee

3.6/5
Goodreads

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
22 May 2014

Nominations
  
Booker Prize

The Lives of Others (novel) t3gstaticcomimagesqtbnANd9GcRvwljNEluL3eZQhG

Publisher
  
Chatto & Windus (UK); W. W. Norton (US)

Publication date
  
22 May 2014 (UK); Oct. 1, 2014 (US)

Pages
  
528 pp (UK hardback edition)

Similar
  
To Rise Again at a Decent H, A Life Apart, How to Be Both, The Narrow Road to t, We Are All Completely Beside O

The Lives of Others is Neel Mukherjee's second novel. It was published in 2014 by Chatto & Windus in the UK and W. W. Norton & Company in the US. The novel was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize on 9 September 2014.

Contents

Plot summary

The novel is set in 1967 Calcutta and follows the life of a family fractured by extremist political activism. The book deals with the chasm between generations, and is set against a backdrop in which the gulf between those who have and those who have not has never been wider.

Awards and honours

  • 2014 Man Booker Prize shortlist
  • 2014 Encore Award winner
  • 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist
  • References

    The Lives of Others (novel) Wikipedia