With poised and measured grace, The Far Field tells a story as immediate and urgent as life beyond the page. Only the very best novels are experienced, as opposed to merely read, and this is one of those rare and brilliant novels."-Ben Fountain, author of Beautiful Country Burn Again "I am in awe of Madhuri Vijay. Such is the power of Vijay's writing that I finished the book feeling like I'd lived it.
Madhuri Vijay astonishes with her wisdom, her fearlessness, her sure handling of a desperately loaded narrative that's equal parts love story, war story, and family intrigue. Praise for The Far Field "I had to remind myself while reading The Far Field that this is the work of a debut novelist, and not a mid-career book by a master writer at the height of her powers. With rare acumen and evocative prose, in The Far Field Madhuri Vijay masterfully examines Indian politics, class prejudice, and sexuality through the lens of an outsider, offering a profound meditation on grief, guilt, and the limits of compassion. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir's politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in.
Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. In the wake of her mother's death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. The Far Field does both."-Anthony Marra, author of The Tzar of Love and Techno Gorgeously tactile and sweeping in historical and socio-political scope, Pushcart Prize-winner Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field follows a complicated flaneuse across the Indian subcontinent as she reckons with her past, her desires, and the tumultuous present. Few novels generate enough power to transform their characters, fewer still their readers. Madhuri Vijay traces the fault lines of history, love, and obligation running through a fractured family and country. " The Far Field is remarkable, a novel at once politically timely and morally timeless.
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