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"When you give a man a hammer every problem starts to look like a nail." - Lenny Bruce
-Alan Schechner
Rana Dasgupta's first book,
Tokyo Cancelled
, a thirteen-part story cycle, was published in 2005 and has been translated into nine languages (
more
).
His upcoming novel,
Solo
, is out in March 2009 (
more
).
On hot days, the smells become overpowering, and rain comes as a relief, washing everything away. The blind man sits by the window when the rain is heavy and he can hear the different patters of near and far: the silky spray in the trees, the heavy drumming on plastic water tanks, the hard scatter of roads and pavements, the different metallic pitches of car roofs and drain covers, the baritone trilling of tarpaulin, the sticky overflow of mud, the concentrated gushing of drainpipes ?and, for a moment, the landscape springs forth, and he is reminded of how it is to see.
Contact:
rana at ranadasgupta dot com
Representation:
Sarah Chalfant,
The Wylie Agency
