{"product_id":"atlas-of-unknowns-paperback","title":"Atlas of Unknowns - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTania James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn utterly irresistible first novel: The story of two sisters, the yearning to disappear into another country, and the powerful desire to return to the known world. - \"Dazzling and deeply absorbing.... One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLinno is a gifted artist, despite a childhood accident that has left her badly maimed, and Anju is one of Kerala's most promising students. Both girls dream of coming to the United States, but it is Anju who wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in New York. She seizes it, even though it means lying and betraying her sister. When her lie is discovered, Anju disappears. Back in Kerala, Linno is undergoing a transformation of her own. But when she learns of Anju's disappearance, Linno strikes out farther still, with a scheme to procure a visa so that she can come to America to look for her sister and save them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTANIA JAMES is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Tusk That Did the Damage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Unknowns\u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eAerogrammes. \u003c\/i\u003eHer fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBoston Review, Granta, Guernica, One Story, A Public Space, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7.94 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751421968672,"sku":"9780307389015","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5767f7ad6cbd589f1ef8786f42d4d364.webp?v=1779972745","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/atlas-of-unknowns-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}