{"product_id":"immigrant-montana-paperback","title":"Immigrant, Montana - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmitava Kumar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarrying a single suitcase, Kailash arrives in post-Reagan America from India to attend graduate school. As he begins to settle into American existence, Kailash comes under the indelible influence of a charismatic professor, and also finds his life reshaped by a series of very different women with whom he recklessly falls in and out of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Looking back on the formative period of his youth, Kailash's wry, vivid perception of the world he is in, but never quite of, unfurls in a brilliant melding of anecdote and annotation, picture and text. Building a case for himself, both as a good man in spite of his flaws and as an American in defiance of his place of birth, Kailash weaves a story that is at its core an incandescent investigation of love--despite, beyond, and across dividing lines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, India, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty, and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of several books of nonfiction and a previous novel. He lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, where he is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. In 2016, Kumar was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (General Nonfiction) as well as a Ford Fellowship in Literature from United States Artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756579389728,"sku":"9780525436676","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a32ec1c9c81934725a62310bd653e2aa.webp?v=1780081247","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/immigrant-montana-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}