{"product_id":"a-play-for-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","title":"A Play for the End of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJai Chakrabarti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling novel--set in early 1970's New York and rural India--the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of World War II, and a searing examination of one man's search for forgiveness and acceptance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Looks deeply at the echoes and overlaps among art, resistance, love, and history ... an impressive debut.\" --Meg Wolitzer, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Female Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York City, 1972. Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk's oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTravelling there alone to collect his friend's ashes, Jaryk soon finds himself enmeshed in the chaos of local politics and efforts to stage a play in protest against the government--the same play that he performed as a child in Warsaw as an act of resistance against the Nazis. Torn between the survivor's guilt he has carried for decades and his feelings for Lucy (who, unbeknownst to him, is pregnant with his child), Jaryk must decide how to honor both the past and the present, and how to accept a happiness he is not sure he deserves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unforgettable love story, a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a deeply moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present, \u003ci\u003eA Play for the End of the World \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAI CHAKRABARTI's short fiction has appeared in numerous journals and has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and awarded a Pushcart Prize. Chakrabarti was an Emerging Writer Fellow with \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e and received his MFA from Brooklyn College. He was born in Kolkata, India, and now splits his time between the Hudson Valley and Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003ejaichakrabarti.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52520419197235,"sku":"9780593081808","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/S3ZocTYrTWp6U1pPL3d2OHY2cGxNdz09.webp?v=1760521973","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-play-for-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}