Em and the Big Hoom

by Jerry Pinto

Book Overview

The devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction.

"Profoundly moving . . . I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this." --Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace

First 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, Em and the Big Hoom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124765
• ISBN13: 9780143124764
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher