Sunday, August 4, 2013

#Book Review: A New World by Amit Chaudhury

Amit Chaudhury deftly portrays new worlds converging as a family rebuilds itself and Calcutta gingerly enters globalization. In A New World, he depicts three generations of Chatterjee family grappling with the aftermath of divorce and adjusting to retirement.
Jayojit Chatterjee arrives in Calcutta on holiday with his seven year old son Bonny after a divorce. He puts up with his parents, a retired Admiral and a housewife. This leads to two months of bonding within the family members.
Chaudhuri’s delicately nuanced descriptions of dislocation and the disorientation that comes with the adoption of the lifestyle of U.S.A while still held by memories set in another India touched my heart.
The loud traffic and busy streets of dense, urban Calcutta form the backdrop to the two month stint of father and son and unravels the emotional life of these protagonists.
The tight prose and cinematic approach of Chaudhuri, makes it worth a read.

This book reads like a long-short story and renders a touching portrait of a family in throes of change.

3 comments:

  1. I is definitely going to be my next read!! Good job Sri was very helpful :) keep reading and reviewing

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