{"product_id":"nebraska","title":"Nebraska","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMonica Datta\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThieving Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Believer, Conjunctions, The New Inquiry \u003c\/i\u003eand many other journals. She has received funding from the Divided City\/Mellon Foundation, the Faber Arts, Sciences, and Humanities Residency of Catalonia, The Fine Arts Work Center, the Kimmel Harding Center for the Arts, Kundiman, OPERA America and Sewanee Writers' Conference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A dizzying, occasionally nausea-inducing masterwork that defies categorization or prurient interest . . . The flashes of insight about [Datta's] characters are brilliant, and frightening . . . the depictions of grief in \n\u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e border on the transcendent.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A Masterful, Time-spanning Doorstopper . . . In a narrative as obsessively detailed and heavily footnoted as \n\u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Datta moves through time, perspective, and space -- from Nebraska to India to Scotland -- to probe the forces big and small that led to the central tragedy.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Jasmine Vojdani, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Robust, multifaceted . . . In style and depth, the book recalls \n\u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, and Namwali Serpell's \n\u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, all big-swing metafictions that upend our understanding of history and humanity. \/ A sharp, cross-continental tale of heartbreak and identity.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A whip-smart Nabokovian novel of filicide and psychoanalysis . . . Not only is the novel pleasingly arch--Roy views Jean-Louis as a narcissist, partly due to his grating habit of introducing himself by his full name each time they meet--but it leaves the reader with much to ponder on the human condition . . . It's endlessly stimulating.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] deeply human story . . . Datta plunges the reader into this complex and intricate narrative, rapidly moving between characters, timelines, and wide-ranging topics. Her tale demands careful attention and an adventurous spirit from the reader. An ambitious and layered family saga by an original voice.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Rebecca Hopman, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing. A marvel of storytelling. Monica Datta's \n\u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e is made of the stuff of great and uncompromising ambition. An exploration of a family enduring the oceanic and the unthinkable, with meandering byways into everything imaginable, from Lacanian psychoanalysis to postcolonial architecture to Icelandic sheepdogs. A novel at once ferociously intelligent, humane, and bursting at the seams with splendor.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Shobha Rao, author of \u003ci\u003eIndian Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Monica Datta is a remarkable, original voice. This is a novel of labyrinthian depth and ambition, but ultimately, a thrilling, deeply human portrait of a family. I was left stunned, in the finest way possible, for a long time afterward.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eNayantara Roy, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Ruins \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e, Monica Datta works her magic as one of our most compelling, humane, and pioneering contemporary storytellers. While deftly braiding past and present, far-flung places and multiple voices, mysteries and histories both private and public, Datta gives us the unforgettable story of the Chatterjee family, their tragedies and jubilations. \n\u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly imaginative achievement, one that should bring Monica Datta a whirlwind of adventurous new readers.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eBradford Morrow, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forgers Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Nebraska\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that thinks hard and feels deeply, and its pathos cuts as sharply as its acerbic humor. Every absurdity is saturated with grief. Blazingly smart and soaringly ambitious, Datta trusts her reader to keep up, and the rewards of keeping up are truly profound.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eStephanie Soileau, author of Should the Waters Take Us \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Datta has designed an intricate labyrinth that lures you in, while exposing unreachable corners of the human psyche. Compelling!\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e--Ledia Xhoga, author of Misinterpretation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Masterful, Time-spanning Doorstopper\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--Jasmine Vojdani, \n\u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dizzying, occasionally nausea-inducing masterwork that defies categorization or prurient interest . . . The flashes of insight about [Datta's] characters are brilliant, and frightening . . . the depictions of grief in \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e border on the transcendent.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Joumana Khatib, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Chatterjee has just been released from prison. Her husband, Prabir, has arrived to take her home and found her already gone; their flighty and artistic grown children, Neal and Nina are left to navigate the fallout both from Anna's disappearance and the trauma that splintered their lives years earlier. But as the story ricochets between past and present, the question looms: Where is Anna now? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the story moves between decades and continents, Monica Datta considers the twentieth century experiment and its outcomes, often set against the testimony of the spritely Lacanian Jean-Louis Katz, whose life becomes entangled with their own as well as that of the Bengali psychoanalyst B.X. Roy. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith precision, range and deep emotional insight, \n\u003ci\u003eNebraska \u003c\/i\u003eis an all-enveloping fictional experience not to be missed. It is a novel of characters who, while deeply separate, respond to the irresolvable questions that make us human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/15\/2026 (EAN 9781662603068, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781662603068, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/08\/2026 (EAN 9781662603068, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496246477078,"sku":"9781662603068","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781662603068.jpg?v=1783058121","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/nebraska","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}