The Spoiled Heart: A novel
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- Synopsis
- &“The Spoiled Heart confirms Sunjeev Sahota's position as one of our essential novelists.&” —Karan Mahajan, author of the National Book Award Finalist The Association of Small Bombs A brilliant and riveting story of ambition, love, family secrets, and unintended consequences, from &“bold storyteller&” (The New Yorker) and two-time Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev SahotaNayan Olak keeps seeing Helen Fletcher around town. She&’s returned with her teenage son to live in the run-down house at the end of the lane, and—though she&’s strangely guarded—Nayan can&’t help but be drawn to her. He hasn&’t risked love since losing his young family in a terrible accident twenty years earlier.In the wake of the tragedy, Nayan&’s labor union, long a cornerstone of his community, became the center of his life: a way for him to channel his energies into making the world a better—fairer, as he sees it—place. Now, he&’s decided to mount a run for the leadership. But his campaign pits him against a newcomer, Megha, who quickly proves to be a more formidable challenger than he anticipated.As Nayan&’s differences with Megha spin out of control, complicating the ideals he&’s always held dear, he grows closer to Helen—and unknowingly barrels toward long-held secrets about how their pasts might be connected. Suddenly, much more is threatened than his chances of winning.In one sense a tragedy in the classic mold, tracing one man&’s seemingly inexorable fall, The Spoiled Heart is also an explosively contemporary story of how a few words or a single action—to one person careless, to another, charged—can trigger a cascade of unimaginable consequences. A vivid and multi-layered exploration of the mysteries of the heart, how community is forged and broken, and the shattering impact of secrets and assumptions alike, it is a blazing achievement from one of Britain&’s foremost living writers.
- Copyright:
- 2024
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781039010536
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781039010529
- Publisher:
- Knopf Canada
- Date of Addition:
- 04/16/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Sunjeev Sahota
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.