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| Title | : | The Association of Small Bombs |
| Author | : | Karan Mahajan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | March 22nd 2016 by Viking |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Literary Fiction. Contemporary. Novels. Asia |
Karan Mahajan
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.57 | 12502 Users | 1487 Reviews
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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2016When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, go to pick up their family’s television set at a repair shop with their friend Mansoor Ahmed one day in 1996, disaster strikes without warning. A bomb—one of the many “small” bombs that go off seemingly unheralded across the world—detonates in the Delhi marketplace, instantly claiming the lives of the Khurana boys to the devastation of their parents.
Mansoor survives, bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. After a brief stint at university in America, Mansoor returns to Delhi, where his life becomes entangled with the mysterious and charismatic Ayub, a fearless young activist whose own allegiances and beliefs are more malleable than Mansoor could imagine. Woven among the story of the Khuranas and the Ahmeds is the tale of Shockie, a Kashmiri bomb maker who has forsaken his own life for the independence of his homeland.
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| Original Title: | The Association of Small Bombs |
| ISBN: | 0525429638 (ISBN13: 9780525429630) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2017), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (2017), Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2017), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2016) DSC Prize Nominee for South Asian Literature Longlist (2017) |
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Ratings: 3.57 From 12502 Users | 1487 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books The Association of Small Bombs
I'm somewhere between 3 and 3.5 stars on this one."And you know what happens when a bomb goes off? The truth about people comes out."Dense and well-told, although a bit meandering, Karan Mahajan's The Association of Small Bombs is a thought-provoking look at the causes and effects of terrorism, the human cost even "small" bombs can exact, and how a terrorist can be "grown."One day in 1996, two young boys, Tushar and Nakul Khurana, are sent by their father to a crowded Delhi market to pick up3.5 Stars
2.5 starsI feel conflicted about how I should go about discussing this book.Parts I loved. I thought the prose and general writing style were very strong. I felt an immediate connection to most of the characters.But oh my goodness the misogyny. I am NOT saying that the author in any way appears to be condoning misogynistic behavior/attitudes. But there's just so much of it on the page. I found it exhausting.I just didn't want to spend any time with the characters that dominated the second half
This book is a quick read about difficult subject matter. While the message is important, I was kind of lukewarm on the delivery and I never really got into the book. At times it was interesting, but there were a lot of other times I found my attention wandering.Any story about religion and terrorism has the potential to be riveting. What I think is the most interesting about this one is that it takes place primarily in India and addresses the Hindi/Muslim conflict. I am more familiar with
This was my May 2016 pick for Book of the Month Club. And while I didn't absolutely love this book, I'm glad I chose this one simply because it was a book I might not have picked up otherwise. It tells the story of a "small" bombing (car bomb) that takes place in an Indian market one day and follows the effects it has on multiple people, including victims, their families, and even the terrorists who set off the bomb.If you're looking for a book with one narrative thread, with action that rises
This wasn't an easy book to read given the global terrorism issues of today but at the same time I found that the language of the author was so easy to read. The India of 1996 and the years following the bomb blast that kicks off this extraordinary novel are so well described. The culture of superiority in both wealth and religion and the deep rooted shame that both bring about in people is brilliantly depicted here and my favourite line was:"The roots of shame run deep". I will look for more to
Dull is the word I would use to describe this read.The premise is certainly interesting - two young brothers die in a bomb blast in Delhi, while a third friend accompanying them survives with minor injury.The book then traces the after effects of this explosion on the family of the boys killed, on the surviving friend and his family, and on the bomb planters themselves.However, the author flips between these multiple view points so often, I could neither focus on the story as a whole, nor
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