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The magnificent ruins a novel

"When Lila, a rising 29-year-old Indian American editor based in Brooklyn, unexpectedly inherits a huge ancestral home in the center of Calcutta, she must return to India, where she must also confront her mother after a decade's estrangement, along with her grandmother, and extended family, all of w...

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Main Author: Roy, Nayantara, 1985- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
East Indian Americans > Fiction.
Estranged families > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Kolkalta (India) > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:"When Lila, a rising 29-year-old Indian American editor based in Brooklyn, unexpectedly inherits a huge ancestral home in the center of Calcutta, she must return to India, where she must also confront her mother after a decade's estrangement, along with her grandmother, and extended family, all of whom still live in the house, and resent her sudden legacy"--
Physical Description:436 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781643755847
1643755846
Author Notes:Nayantara Roy is a television executive at STARZ/ Lionsgate, where she oversees the acquisition and creative development of original scripted television series. Prior to STARZ, she worked at Endeavor Content series ( Normal People , Nine Perfect Strangers ) and at AGBO, Joe and Anthony Russo's television studio. In 2018, Tara won the Rick Demarinis Short Story Prize for her short story, 8C . Originally from India, she is a 2020 alumni of the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacific Executives in Entertainment) Leaders Program and at STARZ, is a jury member of the STARZ #TakeTheLead director's program , which is designed to create more directing opportunities for women and people of color. Her plays have been performed internationally, including at Prithvi Theater in Mumbai, India and Contact Theater, Manchester, UK. She lives in Silverlake, Los Angeles .

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