01904nam a22002297a 4500 20250825145137.0 250825b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789365695656 CBS Publisher & Distributors 204, FIE, Industrial Area, Patparganj, New Delhi COR/IN/26/4776 14/08/2025 823 JOS Joshi, Ruchir. Great Eastern Hotel /Ruchir Joshi. New Delhi : Fourth Estate , 2025. 909p. : 24cm. 1049 The world is at war. And at the Great Eastern, Calcutta's most luxurious hotel, amidst the feasting, dancing and laughter, we witness the metropolis in the last moments before multiple disasters strike. The story begins in August 1941, on the day Rabindranath Tagore dies. The city has come to a standstill as thousands of people line the streets to pay their respects. Among them are: Nirupama, a student of history and a volunteer with the Communist Party of India; Imogen, a young Englishwoman whose father is an official with the Raj; Kedar, the scion of a wealthy family, who dreams of painting like Cezanne; and Gopal, a young but experienced pickpocket, who finds himself promoted into a dark, dangerous world. Their lives intertwine with those at the hotel: an American soldier who plays jazz at the nightclub; a genius French chef; an heiress fleeing from the nightmare in Europe; and a group of military officers running a secret intelligence operation. Singularly ambitious and attentive, Ruchir Joshi's Great Eastern Hotel maps this simmering pause at a crucial juncture in history, and offers new contexts to the upheavals of our present, raising vital questions about political commitment, nationalism, love and art. General Fiction Fiction and Literature Eastern Hotel Ruchir Joshi BOOK 66014 66014 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2025-08-25 CBS Publisher & Distributors 1049.00 0 823 JOS 31010 2025-08-25 14:52:00 2025-08-25 BOOK