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Weren't Lovers Like That
Penguin
India
Navtej
Sarna has published stories in magazines and
journals in India and the UK. This is his first
novel.
At
the begining of the new millennium, Aftab's life
came undone. He turned forty, and his wife left
him for another man, taking their son with her.
And now he is on a train to Dehradun, the town of
his childhood, doing the one thing he feels he is
still good at : running away. He has broken with
his imperfect past. It is his way of getting his
own back at the world.
With rare sensitivity Sarna's debut novel details
a life of missed opportunities and approximate
loves.
"Exquisitely
written, deeply-felt, introspective and evocative,
Sarna's first novel marks an auspicious
debut."
-Shashi Tharoor
"Navtej
Sarna's shimmering meditation on love and loss
becomes a compelling journey through the haunted
landscapes of memory. "
-Vikram Chandra
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