{"product_id":"an-elsewhere-place-boyhood-days-in-hazaribagh-paperback","title":"An Elsewhere Place: Boyhood Days in Hazaribagh - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalay Kumar Roy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the early 1950s to the early '60s, Malay Kumar Roy spent around ten years as a young boy in Hazaribagh in the Chhotanagpur district of Jharkhand, which was then a part of Bihar. In \u003cem\u003eAn Elsewhere Place\u003c\/em\u003e, Roy reminisces about his life there--a place that 'touches a boy forever'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, he vividly describes Hazaribagh's tranquil landscape, its changing seasons and its unhurried pace of life. We get a glimpse of a time gone by from Roy's stories about sharing a crate of mangoes with the last Englishman living in Hazaribagh; a little bear cub tipsy on mahua flowers; a gravely injured fox cub that was nursed back to health by him and his family, and a visitor from Calcutta who boasted about his detective skills and courage but lost steam upon seeing a dangerous criminal. And he revisits his schooldays at St Xavier's School where his Jesuit mentors taught him the value of curiosity and discipline in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in charming, spare prose, this collection evokes a gentle, easy-going time when man and nature existed in harmony; a time of friendships, wonder and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793464262944,"sku":"9789386582768","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a6128e310222e4c6581c94fdfebd50b3.webp?v=1780722242","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-elsewhere-place-boyhood-days-in-hazaribagh-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}