Ib's Endless Search for Satisfaction - Hardcover

Ali, Roshan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067009238X ISBN 13: 9780670092383

Publisher: India Viking, 2019

Synopsis

And then finally I felt sadness, aided perhaps by those futile notes, by the dust that keeps thickening, by the untouchable past, the inevitable future, and by everything else that pushes us around.' Ib lives with his schizophrenic father and his 'nice' mother negotiating life, not knowing what to do, steered by uncaring winds and pushy people. From his slimy, unmiraculous birth to the tragic death of a loved one, Ib wanders the city, from one thing to another, confused, lost and alone, all the while reflecting on his predicament. He is searching for something-what he does not know-and must overcome many obstacles: family, religion, love and, finally, death. Will he be defeated by 'this wreckage of modern life?' Will a mysterious woman lift him out of the 'cement' in his soul? In this journey of sadness and self-reflection, Ib tranforms into an ordinary man from an ordinary boy and along the way, tries to figure out life and understand himself. In this audacious debut that is insightful, original and deeply disturbing, Roshan Ali's play of language is nothing less than masterful.

About this title

About the Author:

Roshan Ali is thirty years old. He started writing soon after dropping out of college. His work has been published in the Huffington Post India. He lives in Bengaluru with his wife and two dogs. This is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: India Viking
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 067009238X
• ISBN 13: 9780670092383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216