{"product_id":"our-city-that-year-by-geetanjali-shree","title":"Our City That Year by Geetanjali Shree","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773335276983_142\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner, English PEN x SALT Award 2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning author–translator duo of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTomb of Sand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a powerful, kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eA city teeters on the edge of chaos. A society lies fractured along fault lines of faith and ideology. A playground becomes a battleground. A looming silence grips the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgainst this backdrop, Shruti, a writer paralysed by the weight of events, tries to find her words, while Sharad and Hanif, academics whose voices are drowned out by extremism, find themselves caught between clichés and government slogans. And there’s Daddu, Sharad’s father, a beacon of hope in the growing darkness. As they each grapple with thoughts of speaking the unspeakable, an unnamed narrator takes on the urgent task of bearing witness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in Hindi in 1998, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur City That Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a novel that defies easy categorisation. It’s a time capsule, a warning siren, and a desperate plea. Geetanjali Shree’s shimmering prose, in Daisy Rockwell’s nuanced and consummate translation, takes us into a fever dream of fragmented thoughts and half-finished sentences, mirroring the disjointed reality of a city under siege. Readers will find themselves haunted long after the final page, grappling with questions that echo far beyond India’s borders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-quantity-input\" data-item-id=\"683d713e21ba4c0a94529030\" data-animation-role=\"content\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773335276983_141\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quantity-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 22 Apr 2025, Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917126113\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 448 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57079903682942,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781917126113.jpg?v=1773335669","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/our-city-that-year-by-geetanjali-shree","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}