One Small Voice

<b>Santanu Bhattacharya</b> grew up in India and studied at the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore. He is the winner of the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize. He now lives in London. <i>One Small Voice </i>is his first novel. <b>Epic </b>in scope and yet composed of <b>intimate</b> moments ... <i>One Small Voice</i> will be<b> one of the best debuts this year</b> [A] <b>diverse original </b>take on contemporary India ... [A] <b>hugely engaging </b>novel written with <b>verve intelligence</b> and <b>compassion</b> [A] <b>beautiful</b> coming-of-age novel An <b>intoxicating </b>portrait of modern India riven with internal political and cultural tensions caught precariously between its colonial past and its ruthlessly modernising future ... <b>Terrific</b> <b>Epic </b>... Guided by an <b>intimate </b>trajectory... Bhattacharya is a <b>vivid and</b> <b>humane storyteller </b>with a <b>talent for encapsulating the social in the personal</b> <b>A joy to read a full universe of feeling an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller</b> <b>Devastating </b>and <b>intimate</b> and<b> political </b>and <b>radical </b>all at the same time. Bhattacharya's <b>storytelling talents are limitless</b> A <b>compassionate many-layered</b> chronicle of trauma and recovery following mob violence in contemporary India <i>One Small Voice</i> is <b>a wonderful timely contribution to world literature</b> <b>Exceptional</b> ... Bhattacharya gives us India in <b>all its messy glory </b>... <b>Heartbreaking and yet so full of hope</b> Bhattacharya has the enviable ability of creating a cast of <b>characters that feel as real as any person I've met</b>. His <b>effortless writing sings on the page</b> Whilst the plot turns on our capacity for cruelty Bhattacharya's book <b>brims with compassion</b>. A novel about the <b>complexities of adulthood</b> and the <b>shame we all carry</b> that is <b>both fearless and kind</b> <b>Thrilling </b>... <b>Bhattacharya writes beautifully</b> about friendship family and the devastating consequences of secrecy and shame in a narrative that<b> powerfully evokes the complexities of coming of age in modern India</b> <b>Emotional</b> and <b>bold</b> ... <b>A rare voice that rewards us with hope and recognition</b> <p><b>'One of the best debuts this year' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'An intoxicating portrait of modern India ... Terrific' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>'Hugely engaging written with verve intelligence and compassion' <i>Irish Times</i></b><br><i>____________________________________________</i><br><br>India 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that will alter the course of his life: one to which his family turn a blind eye.<br><br>As he approaches adulthood Shabby focuses on the only path he believes will buy him an escape - good school good degree good job good car. But when he arrives in Mumbai in his twenties he begins to question whether there might be other roads he could choose. His new friends Syed and Shruti are asking the same questions : together buoyed by the freedom of the big city they are rewriting their stories.<br><br>But as the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country and their friendship becomes the rock they all cling to this new life suddenly seems fragile. And before Shabby can chart his way forward he must reckon with the ghosts of his past . . .<br><br><i>____________________________________________</i><br><br><b>'A joy to read a full universe of feeling an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller</b>' Max Porter author of<i> Grief is the Thing with Feathers</i><br><br><b>'Devastating and intimate</b><b> and political and radical all at the same time. Bhattacharya's</b> <b>storytelling talents are limitless' </b>Nikesh Shukla<br><br><b>'A wonderful timely contribution to world literature' </b>Tsitsi Dangarembga author of <i>This Mournable Body</i></p>