{"product_id":"latitudes-of-longing-a-novel-9780593132555","title":"Latitudes of Longing: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLatitudes of Longing: A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Swarup, Shubhangi. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780593132555.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweeping, lyrical debut about the love and longing between humanity and the earth itself, by a major new literary talent from India\n\n“A marvel of magical realism.”—O: The Oprah Magazine\n\nA spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert, to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a mother struggling to free her revolutionary son; a yeti who seeks human companionship; a turtle who transforms first into a boat and then a woman; and the ghost of an evaporated ocean as restless as the continents. Binding them all together is a vision of life as vast as the universe itself.\n\nA young writer awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in India for this novel, Shubhangi Swarup is a storyteller of extraordinary talent and insight. Richly imaginative and wryly perceptive, Latitudes of Longing offers a soaring view of humanity: our beauty and ugliness, our capacity to harm and love one another, and our mysterious and sacred relationship with nature.\n\nLonglisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature • Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature • Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award • Winner of the Sushila Devi Literature Award for the Best Book of Fiction Written by a Woman • Winner of the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"One World","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985251332149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0593132556","price":27.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593132555_dfae29bd-0b82-46fe-b456-356b74dc091c.jpg?v=1778840132","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/latitudes-of-longing-a-novel-9780593132555","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}