![]() ![]() I remember a friend telling me of her experience in the psychiatric ward during an internship. Especially in our culture where the mentally ill are treated less like a human and more as a possessed demon in need of an exorcism, and if that fails - then deny their existence. Even when I hear it in passing commentary, I cringe at how recklessly the word is used sometimes. I have always detested the misuse of the word ‘mad’. ![]() ![]() This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em’s bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. Meet Imelda and Augustine, or-as our young narrator calls his unusual parents- Em and the Big Hoom. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season. I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.” -Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace First published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto’s debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. The devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. ![]()
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