{"product_id":"the-far-field-madhuri-vijay","title":"The Far Field – Madhuri Vijay","description":"\u003cp\u003eA search for answers becomes a reckoning with grief, privilege and the consequences of good intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her mother’s death, Shalini leaves Bangalore for a remote village in Kashmir, determined to find Bashir Ahmed, the travelling salesman whose visits marked her childhood. She believes his disappearance holds a clue to her mother’s life, but the journey draws her into a family’s tangled history and a region shaped by political conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs tensions rise, Shalini’s desire to understand the past forces her into choices that could endanger the people who have welcomed her. Intimate family secrets meet a much wider story of belonging, guilt and the limits of compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Ben Fountain as “equal parts love story, war story, and family intrigue,” this is a compelling choice for readers who enjoy morally complex characters and richly layered literary fiction. If you liked \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e by Arundhati Roy or \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritance of Loss\u003c\/em\u003e by Kiran Desai, you’ll like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trade paperback in Very Good condition: minor shelf wear, clean and intact pages, and a tight binding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jhb Preloved Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67015154794611,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3357\/6307\/files\/1000227817.jpg?v=1793092721","url":"https:\/\/jhbprelovedbooks.co.za\/products\/the-far-field-madhuri-vijay","provider":"Jhb Preloved Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}