Amber Dusk- Reviews of the Book

Reviews of Rajat Chaudhuri's first novel - Amber Dusk. 

Reviews, notices, citations, honours for the novel Amber Dusk:

The Telegraph
Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi journal, May-June 2008) (Review)
Review by Prof Amitava Roy (Shakespeare Professor of English, Rabindra Bharati University)
JSTOR
NDTV
The Statesman
The Hindu
Deccan Herald (review, 3rd Feb, 2008)
Deccan Herald (notice)
Canon and Identity in IWE (Citation, Paper by Prof Niranjan Mohanty, Vishwa Bharati University)
Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Dec 2008 (Citation)
The Asian Age
The Echo of India
Pre-release reviews
Vodafone Crossword Book Awards Longlist

(Click on the above links to read the reviews. More reviews will be added as they appear)

Calcutta Streets

Calcutta streets are a cauldron of emotions. This photograph is from the Esplanede area where some group is organising a demonstration. Street protests, demonstrations, processions are the bread and butter of Calcutta life and comes back again and again in the pages of Amber Dusk.

Parc de la Villette

Someone took this snap of mine at the Parc de la Villette in Paris. This park, a master design of Bernard Tschumi is a must visit for lovers of architecture and design and was built over a huge slaughterhouse in this area. Paris is an abiding theme and setting for Amber Dusk.

Jacket Designs

This is an early jacket design for the book. At that point the novel seems to have a different title! Many different versions of this design were tried but finally the quality of the image was not good enough. I took this photograph of a whirling dervish (coloured red) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The woman in the foreground was in the audience.

If you want to buy...

The novel Amber Dusk (Author: Rajat Chaudhuri; Publisher: Indialog; Pages 354/Paperback; Rs 250; US$ 7.5; ISBN 81-8443-008-6) is available in most big bookstores across India. What follows is an incomplete list of stores. If you face any problems in acquiring the book please write to Mr Girish at Indialog. Email: liaison@indialog.co.in; Tel: +91-11-29835221; +91-11-29830504

Bookstores and Outlets in Delhi

Oxford Bookstore, Connaught Place; Teksons Bookshop, G-4, South Ext-Market-1, New Delhi-49, 011-24617030,24640649 The Book Mark, A-2, Ring Road, South Ext –Part-I, ND-49, 011-24693216Midland Book Shop, South Ext, New Delhi -49, 011-24653880 -81Prakash Books India Pvt Ltd, 4223/1,Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-2, 01123285921Om Book Shop (Saket, South Ex, Vasant Vihar, Metropolitan Mall-Gurgaon, Noida-Great India Place Mall) http://www.om-books.com/ Vaibhav Book Service, 4764/2A, 23-Ansari Road Daryaganj, ND-2, 011-55629669, 55629679IAB Publishers & Distributor (P) Ltd, 4596/1A, 11 Daryaganj, Delhi-110002, 011-23266480, 23266681 General Book Depot (GBD), 16,Ansari Road.Daryaganj, ND-2, 011-23263695, 41563695 Famous Book Store, 25, Janpath Bhawan, New Janpath Market, ND-1Frontline Book, Connaught Place, ND-1; BookWorm, M Block, Connaght Place, ND -1 011-23322260

Chandigarh

The Browser, SCO 14-15, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh, INDIA. Phones: (Library) 91-172-2547350, 2547340, (Bookstore) 91-172-5052340

Bookstores and Outlets in Mumbai

Strand Book Stall, "Dhannur", Sir P. M. Road, Mumbai –400001,022-2661994, 22661719Shree Book Center, 8, Kakad Industrial Estate, S.Keer Road, Off- L J Road, Matunga (West) Mumbai- 16, 022-24377516Zzebra Publishing and Distributor , 3/21, Anand Nagar, Opp Birla Bhavan, Near Rationing Office, Santacruz East, Mumbai 022-26050542-43-44-45Book Channel (India) 21,Rajgir Chambers, 12/14, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai-400023; 022-22662328

Outlets in Kolkata and the eastern region

Crossword; Landmark, Lord Sinha Road; Classic Book Store (near Jeevan Deep Bldg); Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; Timely Book Center; 30,Chittranajan Avenue, 2nd Floor,Kolkata - 700012 Tel: 033-30226794Mansi Publishing House, 96 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Cal-7, 22571440 Bookline Wholesale & Distribution; 7,Tottee lane Kolkata-700016 Tel: 033-2440903, 2454238

Also available at Oxford Bookstore, Darjeeling (West Bengal) and bookstores in Patna, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar.

Bookstores and Outlets in Chennai

Oxford Bookstore, Alphaland Books Pvt Ltd; 14, Jagannathan Road, Nungambakkn, Chennai-34 (More names will be added here as the book reaches new stores)

London

Star Books

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