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The Red Book

Published
May 2009
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
304

About This Book

Françoise, an Australian photographer, travels to Bhopal in India, where 20 years earlier a gas leak killed thousands. There she meets Naga, a Tibetan refugee whose family died in the disaster, and Arkay, a Scottish traveler battling addiction, who has found solace in Buddhism. As a testament to their time together Françoise assembles photographs from their lives into an album, the Red Book. The photographs tell their stories of love, struggle and transformation—pointing to the people they have been and who they will become. The three narrators'
beautifully realized voices show how lives entwine and split apart, and the story captures the irresistible lure of India for outsiders, the promise of its spirituality, and its layered history.

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First Edition May 2009 Granta Books (UK) ISBN 1847080634
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Apr 2008 Granta Books (UK) ISBN 1847080022
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