by Raj Kamal Jha · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780156010887
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«The Blue Bedspread» is the novel by Raj Kamal Jha, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (240 pages, in English).
One night in Calcutta, a man is told of his sister's death. He must identify the body and take care of his newborn niece until she is adopted the next day. While the baby sleeps on a bedspread that was indigo blue, he writes stories of his childhood, hoping the girl will find her place in the world.
Finalist for the Guardian First Book Award and winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book from South Asia and Europe.
Recommended for book clubs and readers of literary fiction who appreciate poetic prose and a setting in India.
Raj Kamal Jha is an Indian newspaper editor and novelist writing in English. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express. He has written six novels that have been translated into more than 12 languages. His journalism and fiction have won national and international awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize; Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize; Tata Literature Live! Book of The Year; the International Press Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism; and the Mumbai Press Club Journalist of the Year award. In September 2021, Jha was awarded Editor of The Year by the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association Annual Leadership Awards.
