A Strange and Sublime Address

Abhi, a Bengali boy, spends his school holidays at his uncle's home in Calcutta, trying to make sense of the often confusing world of adults around him. Heatwaves, thunderstorms, mealtimes, prayer-sessions, shopping expeditions and family visits create the shifting tectonic plates that will eventually shape the family's life.





Delicate, nuanced, full of exquisite detail, A Strange and Sublime Address is also a paean to the city, with nine short stories that illustrate the world of Amit Chaudhuri's imagination.



With a foreword by Colm Tóibín



Amit Chaudhuri is the author of eight novels, including Friend of My Youth, as well as three books of essays, two books of poems, and a collection of short stories. He has been awarded the Commonwealth Literature Prize, the Betty Trask award, the Encore Prize, the LA Times Book Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award.



The prize-winning debut fiction work by Amit Chaudhuri, the author whose 'languorous, elliptical, beautiful prose is impressively impossible to put in any category at all' (Salman Rushdie).