{"product_id":"scenes-from-early-life-paperback-1","title":"Scenes from Early Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Hensher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully packed with detail . . . Does for Bangladesh what Rushdie did for India. --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Man Booker-short-listed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Clemency\u003c\/i\u003e, a family and a nation--Bangladesh--are forged through storytelling, conversation, jokes, feuds, blood, songs, bravery, and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e In late 1970 a boy named Saadi is born into a large, defiantly Bengali family in eastern Pakistan. Months later the country splits in two in what will become one of the most ferocious twentieth-century civil wars. Saadi tells the story of his childhood and of the ingenious ways his family survived the violence and conflicts: from his aunts stuffing him with sweets to stop marauding soldiers from hearing him cry, to street games based on American television shows; from the basement compartment his grandfather built to hide his treasured books, pictures, and music until after the war, to the daily gossip about each and every one of the relatives, servants, and neighbors. \u003ci\u003eScenes from Early Life \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully detailed novel of profound empathy--an attempt to capture the collective memory of a family and a country. \u003cbr\u003e At once heartbreaking and surprisingly funny, \u003ci\u003eScenes from Early Life \u003c\/i\u003eis based on the life of Philip Hensher's husband, and as such it is at once a memoir, a novel, and a history. As this remarkable writer brings the past to life, we come to feel, vividly and viscerally, that Saadi's family--and its struggles and triumphs--are our own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Hensher\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, an arts critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, and one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists. He has written one collection of short stories, a book on handwriting called \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Ink\u003c\/i\u003e, and eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Mulberry Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of the Badgers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Clemency\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in South London and Geneva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.82 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459659546845,"sku":"9780865478053","price":25.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/cXNTTkdJc1lOa3R1aWpLL2oxcktHZz09_203a3737-f762-4360-871e-2005f1ebf65c.webp?v=1771622176","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/scenes-from-early-life-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}