{"product_id":"partitions-paperback","title":"Partitions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmit Majmudar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnforgettable. --Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs India is rent into two nations with the creation of Pakistan, communal violence breaks out on both sides of the new border and streaming hordes of refugees flee from blood and chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt an overrun train station, Shankar and Kenshav, twin Hindu boys, lose sight of their mother and go in search of her. A young Sikh girl, Simran Kaur, has run away from her father who would rather poison her than see her defiled. And Ibrahim Masud, an elderly Muslim doctor, limps toward the new Muslim state of Pakistan, rediscovering on the way his role as a healer. A dramatic, luminous story of families and nations broken and formed, \u003ci\u003ePartitions\u003c\/i\u003e, written with piercing beauty, alive with moral passion and sorrowful insight,  is] a rueful masterpiece (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmit Majmudar\u003c\/b\u003e is a diagnostic nuclear radiologist and an award-winning poet whose work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry 2007\u003c\/i\u003e. His first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003e0°, 0°\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2009, and a novella, \u003ci\u003eAzazel\u003c\/i\u003e, was serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003ePartitions\u003c\/i\u003e is his first full-length novel. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739167756351,"sku":"9781250007629","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/72c73727d75b509e54a0b19b30215a52.webp?v=1765155744","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/partitions-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}