{"product_id":"the-living-days-9781936932702","title":"The Living Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NEUSTADT PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of a 2019 French Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis novel of post-9\/11 London is a masterful dissection of racism, aging, and the perturbing nature of desire. Ananda Devi's \"fluid, poetic language memorably conjures a union of two outcasts\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker). \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA chance encounter on Portobello Road incites an unsettling, magnetic attraction between Mary, a seventy-five-year-old white British spinster, and Cub, a thirteen-year-old Jamaican boy from Brixton. Mary increasingly clings to phantoms as dementia overtakes her reality, latching on to Cub and channeling all of her remaining energy into their relationship. But their macabre romance comes to a horrific climax, as white supremacy, poverty, and class conflict explode on the streets of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough exquisite juxtaposition, Devi uses lush prose to confront the tensions of an increasingly nationalistic metropolis, and the queasy nature of desire muddled with power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A gorgeously written, profoundly upsetting fairy tale of race, class, power, and desire.” \u003cem\u003e—Kirkus Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brutal and entirely believable, a gorgeous and haunting depiction of London and the real lives and memories of those unseen within it.\" —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ananda Devi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43356810281078,"sku":"9781936932702","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_be58e2d2-9770-47ca-a2f8-bc820ac520c8.jpg?v=1777496432","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-living-days-9781936932702","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}