An Atlas of Impossible Longing

“This is why we read fiction at all” raves the Washington Post : Family life meets historical romance in this critically acclaimed, “gorgeous, sweeping novel” ( Ms Magazine ) about two people who find each other when abandoned by everyone else, marking the signal American debut of an award-winning writer who richly deserves her international acclaim. On the outskirts of a small town in Bengal, a family lives in solitude in their vast new house. Here, lives intertwine and unravel. A widower strug