The Lives of Others Author:Neel Mukherjee An epic saga telling the story of a Bengali family in Calcutta -- exploring a family that is decaying as the society around it fractures, and one young man who tries to reimagine his place in the world. — ***Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014*** — Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist... more » political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is a note.
At home, his family slowly begins to unravel. Poisonous rivalries grow, the once-thriving family business implodes and destructive secrets are unearthed. And all around them the sands are shifting as society fractures, for this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change.« less