Immigrant, Montana: A novel

by Amitava Kumar Narrated by Amitava Kumar

Overview

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Carrying a single suitcase, Kailash arrives in post-Reagan America from India to attend graduate school. As he begins to settle into American existence, Kailash comes under the indelible influence of a charismatic professor, and also finds his life reshaped by a series of very different women with whom he recklessly falls in and out of love.

Looking back on the formative period of his youth, Kailash's wry, vivid perception of the world he is in, but never quite of, unfurls in a brilliant melding of anecdote and annotation, picture and text. Building a case for himself, both as a good man in spite of his flaws and as an American in defiance of his place of birth, Kailash weaves a story that is at its core an incandescent investigation of love-despite, beyond, and across dividing lines.

Editorial Reviews

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Author Amitava Kumar narrates this exploration of Kailash's early years in the United States. Part memoir, part novel, Kailash’s story is told with tongue-in-cheek humor. Kumar recounts the hilarious, sex-obsessed inner monologues of a 20-something Indian man who lands in the country of his dreams. Listeners are privy to the awkward, silly, and painful moments of a stranger in a strange land. From Kailash's first date to his girlfriend's abortion, we have a front row seat on his induction into American life, told in the lilting rhythm of Kumar's narration. His delivery is steady, precise, and deliberate as he takes us on his search to make a home thousands of miles away from everyone he has ever known. Part melancholic and part ironic, this audiobook is full of feeling. M.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Author Amitava Kumar narrates this exploration of Kailash's early years in the United States. Part memoir, part novel, Kailash’s story is told with tongue-in-cheek humor. Kumar recounts the hilarious, sex-obsessed inner monologues of a 20-something Indian man who lands in the country of his dreams. Listeners are privy to the awkward, silly, and painful moments of a stranger in a strange land. From Kailash's first date to his girlfriend's abortion, we have a front row seat on his induction into American life, told in the lilting rhythm of Kumar's narration. His delivery is steady, precise, and deliberate as he takes us on his search to make a home thousands of miles away from everyone he has ever known. Part melancholic and part ironic, this audiobook is full of feeling. M.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169442236
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	07/31/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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