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History of Burning by Janika Oza (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-101538724243
ISBN-139781538724248
eBay Product ID (ePID)7057282886
Product Key Features
Book TitleHistory of Burning
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicFamily Life
GenreFiction
AuthorJanika Oza
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-053116
Dewey Edition23/eng/20221104
Reviews"A riveting testament to home, exile, survival, and inheritance. Janika Oza is a writer you won't want to miss."-- Lisa Ko, National Book Award finalist for The Leavers, "Ambitious in scope and dazzlingly executed... A tour de force."-- Sharon Bala, author of The Boat People, "Remarkable....a haunting, symphonic tale that speaks to the nuanced complexities of class and trauma for this particular family. This demand -- and spirit -- for bolder storytelling that transcends borders and identities certainly can be found in Oza's generous novel."-- New York TImes Book Review, Editors Choice, " A History of Burning is as transfixing as a flame. Janike Oza writes strikingly and steadily, with exquisite, incisive detail, about making one's home in imperfect places. This is a book about what it means to be part of a family and lineage, in all its heartbreaking and wondrous complexity."-- Rachel Khong, award-winning author Goodbye, Vitamin, " A History of Burning is as transfixing as a flame. Janike Oza writes strikingly and steadily, with exquisite, incisive detail, about making one's home in imperfect places. This is a book about what it means to be part of a family and lineage, in all its heartbreaking and wondrous complexity."-- Rachel Khong, award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin, " A History of Burning is that rare epic that manages to retain both its sweep and its intimacy. Janika Oza has written a generational saga vivid and alive with sensory and historical detail, an excavation of stories often left untold. There is so much insight here into the aftershocks of colonialism and displacement, the way one generation's decisions, be they voluntary or compelled or somewhere in between, can reverberate through the ages and change lives yet to be lived. This is a beautiful book, unflinching yet deeply engaged with that most human work, the work of forgiveness."-- Omar El Akkad, author of American War, "Vast and intricate, alight with love and contained fury, A History of Burning is a towering debut by a phenomenal writer. A book I want to press into readers' hands and discuss for hours."-- Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning, " A History of Burning is that rare epic that manages to retain both its sweep and its intimacy. Janika Oza has written a generational saga vivid and alive with sensory and historical detail, an excavation of stories often left untold. This is a beautiful book, unflinching yet deeply engaged with that most human work, the work of forgiveness."-- Omar El Akkad, author of American War, "A riveting testament to home, exile, survival, and inheritance. Janika Oza is a writer you won't want to miss"-- Lisa Ko, National Book Award finalist for The Leavers, "Intimate and epic... A hymn for the ancestors, and the bitter, radiant acts of their survival: this book is a triumph."-- Shruti Swamy, author of A House is a Body, "Oza's writing reminds people that vulnerability and openness are the only ways we can save each other. A History of Burning is the art we need now."-- Megan Giddings, author of Lakewood
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal813/.6
SynopsisThis epic, sweeping historical novel full of "wondrous complexity" spans continents and a century, and reveals how one act of survival can reverberate through generations (Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin ). One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature in Adult Fiction for 2024 "Remarkable....a haunting, symphonic tale"-- New York Times Book Review In 1898, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor for the British on the East African Railway. Far from home, Pirbhai commits a brutal act in the name of survival that will haunt him and his family for years to come. So begins Janika Oza's masterful, richly told epic, where the embers of this desperate act are fanned into flame over four generations, four continents, throughout the twentieth century. Pirbhai's children are born in Uganda during the waning days of British colonial rule, and as the country moves toward independence, his granddaughters, three sisters, come of age in a divided nation. Latika is an aspiring journalist, who will put everything on the line for what she believes in; Mayuri's ambitions will take her farther away from home than she ever imagined; and fearless Kiya will have to carry the weight of her family's silence and secrets. In 1972, the entire family is forced to flee under Idi Amin's military dictatorship. Pirbhai's grandchildren are now scattered across the world, struggling to find their way back to each other. One day a letter arrives with news that makes each generation question how far they are willing to go, and who they are willing to defy, to secure their own place in the world. A History of Burning is an unforgettable tour de force, an intimate family saga of complicity and resistance, about the stories we share, the ones that remain unspoken, and the eternal search for home.
LC Classification NumberPR9199.4.O97H57 2023
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