{"product_id":"the-devourers-paperback","title":"The Devourers - 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\u003eIndra Das\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, China Mi ville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER - \u003c\/b\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, as the whirling rhythms of traveling musicians fill the night, college professor Alok encounters a mysterious stranger with a bizarre confession and an extraordinary story. Tantalized by the man's unfinished tale, Alok will do anything to hear its completion. So Alok agrees, at the stranger's behest, to transcribe a collection of battered notebooks, weathered parchments, and once-living skins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From these documents spills the chronicle of a race of people at once more than human yet kin to beasts, ruled by instincts and desires blood-deep and ages-old. The tale features a rough wanderer in seventeenth-century Mughal India who finds himself irrevocably drawn to a defiant woman--and destined to be torn asunder by two clashing worlds. With every passing chapter of beauty and brutality, Alok's interest in the stranger grows and evolves into something darker and more urgent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shifting dreamlike between present and past with\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eintoxicating language, visceral action, compelling characters, and stark emotion, \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reading experience quite unlike any other novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A chilling, gorgeous saga that spans several centuries and many lands . . . The all-too-human characters--including the nonhuman ones--and the dreamlike, recursive plot serve to entrance the reader. . . . There's no escaping \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e. Readers will savor every bite.\"\u003cb\u003e--N. K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e is beautiful. It is brutal. It is violent and vicious. . . .  It] also showcases Das's incredible prowess with language and rhythm, and his ability to weave folklore and ancient legend with modern day loneliness.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTordotcom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wholly original, primal tale of love, violence, and transformation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Pierce Brown, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of The Red Rising Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing . . . a narrative that takes possession of you and pulls you along in its wake.\"\u003cb\u003e--M. R. Carey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with All the Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndra Das\u003c\/b\u003e is an Octavia E. Butler Scholar and graduate of the 2012 Clarion West Writers Workshop. He completed his MFA at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he wore many hats, including freelance editor, writing tutor, occasional illustrator, environmental newswriter, and dog-hotel night-shift attendant. His short fiction has been published in many fiction magazines and anthologies. \u003ci\u003eThe Devourers\u003c\/i\u003e is his first published novel. He divides his time between India and North America and is hard at work on his next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45447582580780,"sku":"9781101967539","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/S21WSzVkYTh3b0ZtemZtQXZtdkdRUT09.webp?v=1775940603","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-devourers-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}