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The Dream Builders
- Author
- Oindrila Mukherjee
- Narrator
- Soneela Nankani
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 January 2023
- Run Time
- 13 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After living in the United States for years, Maneka Roy returns home to India to mourn the loss of her mother and finds herself in a new world.
The booming city of Hrishipur where her father now lives is nothing like the part of the country where she grew up, and the more she sees of this new, sparkling city, the more she learns that nothing―and no one―here is as it appears. Ultimately, it will take an unexpected tragic event for Maneka and those around her to finally understand just how fragile life is in this city built on aspirations.
Written from the perspectives of ten different characters, Oindrila Mukherjee’s incisive debut novel explores class divisions, gender roles, and stories of survival within a society that is constantly changing and becoming increasingly Americanized.
It is a story about India today and people impacted by globalization everywhere: a tale of ambition, longing, and bitter loss that asks what it really costs to try and build a dream.
Critics Review
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“Soneela Nankani is a strong narrator…in how she captures the wide range of characters…Nankani evokes interest and sympathy for the characters in this sprawling novel…A luxurious listening experience.”
AudioFile
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“Reminds me of a Robert Altman film…You’ll want more of every single character."
Good Morning America
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“A winning tale…with sensitivity, beauty and depth…that derives its heat and heart from its characters’ humanity.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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“Sweeping.”
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“Kaleidoscopic.”
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“The author does a great job capturing the setting and exploring the fateful power dynamics. On balance, it’s a penetrating look at the fast-growing country’s shaky façade.”
Publishers Weekly
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“Funny, moving, and often deliciously cynical.”
Tiphanie Yanique, author of Monster in the Middle
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“An astonishing, and astonishingly accurate, portrait of contemporary India.”
Chitra Divakaruni, author of The Mistress of Spices
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“An impressive feat of storytelling, a novel that examines the constraints of class, of gender, of history.”
Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author
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“A novel of epic proportions…[with] characters who are often real enough to remind us of ourselves, even as they betray one another, even as they betray themselves.”
Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize–winning author
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Details
- Author
- Oindrila Mukherjee
- Narrator
- Soneela Nankani
- Duration
- 13 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 January 2023
- ISBN
- 9798212256971
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction
Synopsis
After living in the United States for years, Maneka Roy returns home to India to mourn the loss of her mother and finds herself in a new world.The booming city of Hrishipur where her father now lives is nothing like the part of the country where she grew up, and the more she sees of this new, sparkling city, the more she learns that nothing―and no one―here is as it appears. Ultimately, it will take an unexpected tragic event for Maneka and those around her to finally understand just how fragile life is in this city built on aspirations.Written from the perspectives of ten different characters, Oindrila Mukherjee’s incisive debut novel explores class divisions, gender roles, and stories of survival within a society that is constantly changing and becoming increasingly Americanized.It is a story about India today and people impacted by globalization everywhere: a tale of ambition, longing, and bitter loss that asks what it really costs to try and build a dream.
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