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Barcode37821002552772
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleA guardian and a thief / Megha Majumdar.
AuthorMajumdar, Megha, author.
Call NoFIC MAJ
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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FIC MAJ Due on 12/1/2025  

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593804872
Personal Name Majumdar, Megha, author.
Title Statement A guardian and a thief / Megha Majumdar.
Edition Statement First hardcover edition.
Imprint New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
Physical Description 205 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. "In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and blight, Ma, her two year old daughter Mishti, and her elderly father Dadu are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma's husband in the home he has been building for them in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited passports and visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma's purse, with all the treasured documents within it, has been stolen. A Guardian and a Thief tells two stories: the story of Ma and her family, their struggle to emigrate to America, and their devastation in the wake of the theft that changes their fate to one of implacable tragedy; and Boomba, the thief, whose hunger and desperation to care for his family drive him to commit a crime whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families whose destinies become inexorably entangled, wresting compassion from each narrative as the complexities of each character's circumstances-their helplessness in the face of poverty and corruption, and the need to stave off encroaching catastrophe--are captured with clarity and piercing empathy. A masterful new work fromone of the most exciting voices of her generation"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Conduct of life Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Thieves Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Climatic changes Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Immigrant families Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Food security Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Emigration and immigration Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Domestic fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels.
Index Term-Genre/Form Psychological fiction.

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