{"product_id":"the-association-of-small-bombs","title":"The Association of Small Bombs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWinner of the Bard Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Ten Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Fiction Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003ePEN Center USA Literary Award Finalist for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eSimpson Family Literary Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe FT\/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed, Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe AV Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePureWow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePopSugar \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wonderful. . . . Smart, devastating, unpredictable. . . . I suggest you go out and buy this one. Post haste.\" \u003cb\u003e--Fiona Maazel, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Mahajan's] eagerness to go at the bomb from every angle suggests a voracious approach to fiction-making.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most celebrated novels of recent years, \u003ci\u003eThe Association of Small Bombs\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive and deeply humane novel that is at once groundbreaking in its empathy, dazzling in its acuity, and ambitious in scope \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, pick up their family's television set at a repair shop with their friend Mansoor Ahmed one day in 1996, disaster strikes without warning. A bomb--one of the many \"small\" bombs that go off seemingly unheralded across the world--detonates in the Delhi marketplace, instantly claiming the lives of the Khurana boys, to the devastation of their parents. Mansoor survives, bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. After a brief stint at university in America, Mansoor returns to Delhi, where his life becomes entangled with the mysterious and charismatic Ayub, a fearless young activist whose own allegiances and beliefs are more malleable than Mansoor could imagine. Woven among the story of the Khuranas and the Ahmeds is the gripping tale of Shockie, a Kashmiri bomb maker who has forsaken his own life for the independence of his homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Karan Mahajan writes brilliantly about the effects of terrorism on victims and perpetrators, proving himself to be one of the most provocative and dynamic novelists of his generation.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941995282663,"sku":"9780143109273","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7f159351-ef41-4907-9803-5637dbe9530d.jpg?v=1775243154","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-association-of-small-bombs","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}