DON’T LET HIM KNOW
Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B69027
English Summary/英文概要： A tender, powerful, and beautifully told story of displacement, For Here to Go marks the arrival of a brave new voice in Indian literature Amit, their son, is a successful computer engineer, a decent and caring boy. But after settling in San Francisco and marrying an American he struggles to straddle two cultures, feeling torn between his new life, and duty-bound to the one he left behind.
Told through a series of twelve interconnecting stories, spanning generations and moving between India and America, from Calcutta to San Fransico, For Here to Go is a novel about family and convention, the struggle between having what we want, and doing what we feel we should do, and the many sacrifices we make for those we love.
Tender, powerful, and beautifully told, For Here to Go marks the arrival of a brave new voice in Indian literature.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个有关于无所适从的故事，温柔、有力，同时又微微到来，For Here to Go（《此地出发》）意味着印度文学界一个全新声音的诞生，艾米特的儿子是一名成功的电脑工程师，一名彬彬有礼同时体贴的男孩。然而在定居旧金山并与一名美国人结婚后，他一直努力的想要在两种文化中获得平衡，他感到自己的新生活与他抛诸脑后的责任简直令他无所适从。
通过12个相互关联的小故事，通过对几代人以及从印度到美国的描写，从加尔各答到旧金山，《此地出发》是一部有关于家庭和传统的小说，讲述了我们在想做的事和应该做的事间的痛苦挣扎，以及我们为所爱之人所做出的诸多牺牲。
温柔、有力，娓娓道来，《此地出发》象征着印度文学界一个全新声音的诞生。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：This artful novel is a true delight. It dances across continents and through time (Daily Mail)
With a tender yet exacting gaze, Sandip Roy creates a mesmerizing tableau of family life in an era of transformation, migration, and upheaval (Tahmima Anam, author of A Golden Age)
A believable and wonderfully written story of secrets between the generations (The Times)
Sandip Roy’s compelling characters strive to negotiate the distances between continents, generations and sexualities; through a dazzling mosaic of narrative snapshots Roy captures the arcs of entire lifetimes (Manil Suri)
Gripping and surprising . Captures the heart of modern Indian life and is masterful at demonstrating the mystery behind all families (Stylist)
A story rich with the exhilaration of the future, and heavy with the tug of the past. I loved it (Neil Bartlett)
About the Author/作者介绍： 桑迪普•罗伊是Firstpost.com尚的一名文化专栏编辑，主要负责流行新闻，他还负责《郝芬顿邮报》的博客内容。长久以来，他一直为国家公共广播早间版进行评论，这是全美听众数目最多的一个广播节目，并且每周都会有明信片寄往旧金山湾区的公共广播部。作者还曾为各类选集供稿，其中包括《手机文化》《分开的部分：亚裔美国人中的南亚人》, 《故事人！》《心之形状》《我亦有声：印度的奇怪政治》《恐惧者和色情狂：当代印度的性别政治》。
Sandip Roy is the Culture Editor for the popular news portal Firstpost.com and blogs for the Huffington Post. He has been a long-time commentator on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio programme in the US and has a weekly radio postcard for Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has contributed to various anthologies including Mobile Cultures, A Part Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America, Storywallah!, Contours of the Heart, Because I Have a Voice: Queer Politics in India and The Phobic and the Erotic: The Politics of Sexualities in Contemporary India. He lives in Kolkata.
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