{"product_id":"the-heros-walk-a-novel","title":"The Hero's Walk: A Novel","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter the release of Anita Rau Badami's critically acclaimed first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTamarind Mem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, it was evident a promising New talent had joined the Canadian literary community. Her dazzling literary follow-up is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hero's Walk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a novel teeming with the author's trademark tumble of the haphazard beauty, wreckage and folly of ordinary lives. Set in the dusty seaside town of Toturpuram on the Bay of Bengal, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hero's Walk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e traces the terrain of family and forgiveness through the lives of an exuberant cast of characters bewildered by the rapid pace of change in today's India. Each member of the Rao family pits his or her chance at personal fulfillment against the conventions of a crumbling caste and class system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnita Rau Badami explains that \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Hero's Walk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a novel about so many things: loss, disappointment, choices and the importance of coming to terms with yourself and the circumstances of your life without losing the dignity embedded in all of us. At one level it is about heroism - not the hero of the classic epic, those enormous god-sized heroes - but my fascination with the day-to-day heroes and the heroism that's needed to survive all the unexpected disasters and pitfalls of life.\"\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44276643070209,"sku":"2N5G0O5C1-Used","price":299.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/TheHero_sWalk.jpg?v=1637237815","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/the-heros-walk-a-novel","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}