{"product_id":"em-and-the-big-hoom","title":"Em and the Big Hoom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.\" --Amitav Ghosh, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto's debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, \u003ci\u003eEm and the Big Hoom \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Imelda and Augustine, or--as our young narrator calls his unusual parents--\u003ci\u003eEm and the Big Hoom\u003c\/i\u003e. Most of the time, Em smokes endless \u003ci\u003ebeedis \u003c\/i\u003eand sings her way through life. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em's bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jerry Pinto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44913309384773,"sku":"BS-LIB-124764","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780143124764-HD.jpg?v=1777057077","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/products\/em-and-the-big-hoom","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}