The Blue Bedspread
by Jha, Raj Kamal
In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day.During the long hot night, the baby sleeps on a bedspread that used to be indigo blue, but has faded to almost white. As the child lies where the man and his sister used to sleep as children, he quietly writes stories for her, telling of his own childhood full of intensity, anguish, and poetry. He doesn't know his place in the world, but with the help of these stories, the baby someday might.Raj Kamal Jha's ethereal, poetic prose echoes the loneliness of the human condition.
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Blue Bedspread, The: A Novel
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London: Picador, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A fine, signed copy of Raj Kamal Jha's award winning novel, 'The Blue Bedspread'. Regarded as a coming of age of the Indian novel, this tale is left to readers to formulate their own theories and connections. Signed by the author, to the title page 'Best… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Picador, 1999. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new; d/j in protective sleeve. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Winner of the Best First Book Commonwealth WritersÕ Award for the Eurasia region. In a house on a Calcutta street, lit by the half-light of a yellow street lamp, lies a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picador, 1999. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1999. First Published. 228 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Picador, 1999. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from one page with crease to top corner) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. In a house on a narrow street in Calcutta, lit by the half light of a yellow street lamp, lies a baby one day old, wrapped in its hospital… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picador, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 228 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Blue Bedspread : A Novel
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The Blue Bedspread
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London: Picador, 1999 Book. Fine. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Drama of hope amid violence, set in Calcutta. Jacket by Peter Beavis. A scan of the jacket is available if required.. Item Price
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