![]() ![]() Set in India, the story is told through the eyes of an unnamed son looking back on childhood with his always tumultuous mother, Imelda, aka "Em," and her casual cruelties, unpredictable public scenes, suicide attempts, and psychiatric stays. Pinto's debut offers a heartbreaking glimpse into the daily horrors and sometimes humors of growing up with a mentally ill parent. This accomplished debut is graceful and urgent, with a one-of-a-kind voice that will stay with readers long after the last page. But as enchanting and high-spirited as she can be, when Em’s bipolar disorder seizes her she becomes monstrous, sometimes with calamitous consequences for herself and others. She is the sun around which everyone else orbits. Most of the time, Em smokes endless beedis and sings her way through life. ![]() Meet Imelda and Augustine, or-as our young narrator calls his unusual parents- Em and the Big Hoom. ![]() ![]() Suffused with compassion, humor, and hard-won wisdom, Em and the Big Hoom is a modern masterpiece, and its American publication is certain to be one of the major literary events of the season. I cannot remember when I last read something as touching as this.” -Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palaceįirst published by a small press in India, Jerry Pinto’s debut novel has already taken the literary world by storm. The devastatingly original debut novel from a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. ![]()
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