Neti, Neti Not This, Not This
Anjum Hasan
Neti, Neti is one of the first Indian novels to bring to vivid life the situation of a young woman in the big city, and to do so in a way that balances cynicism with wit, warmth with uncertainty, existential doubts with the pulls of the everyday world.
Paperback | 5.5' x 8.5' | 288 pp
ISBN 9788186939512
About this book
Twenty-five-year-old Sophie Das has moved from Shillong to Bangalore in search of work, fun and liberty. Neti, Neti follows Sophie and her free-spirited friends through offices, pubs, call centres, night streets, shopping malls, rock concerts, and the homes of Bangalore’s newly rich, as Sophie starts to feel more and more alienated in the money-mad city. A horrific murder sends her back to her hometown, where her Hamlet-quoting father and increasingly religious mother are chasing their separate dreams.
Will Sophie be able to pull back from the brink and find herself a home?
About the author
Anjum Hasan is the author of the highly-praised novel Lunatic in My Head (2007), which was shortlisted for the Crossword Fiction Award, and of the book of poems Street on the Hill (2006). She is one of the foremost poets of her generation and has been featured in several anthologies including 60 Indian Poets. Anjum has also written essays and short fiction for various publications including Hindu Literary Review, The Little Magazine, Tehelka, Mint Lounge, First City and Outlook Traveller. She lives in Bangalore with her writer husband.
User reviews
Neti Neti, is the book that can describe every possible emotion, that people from the North East harbour, when they leave their hometowns for the big city lives. With practically every page of the book, the author puts down beautifully the turmoil of our daily working existence and then the awe that we feel as we come back home. Well written and perfect detailing! Now I need to go and search for those places in Shillong, mentioned in the novel :-)
Shawn Fernandez
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