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ISBN 978-0-7011-8629-6 | 3.6/5 Goodreads Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 22 May 2014 Nominations Booker Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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.
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