{"product_id":"9781917126113","title":"Our City That Year","description":"Author: Geetanjali Shree\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917126113\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, English PEN x SALT Award 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the International Booker Prize-winning author-translator duo of \u003ci\u003eTomb of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful, kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured India, caught between rising fundamentalism and waning progressive ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cp\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 cliches 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.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in Hindi in 1998, \u003ci\u003eOur City That Year\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925014691998,"sku":"ING-9781917126113","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781917126113.jpg?v=1782957439","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781917126113","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}