No Country
No Country by Kalyan Ray, published by Bloomsbury in January 2014, is a historical fiction novel that spans two centuries and three continents. The narrative begins in November 1989 with the discovery of an immigrant couple murdered in a small town in upstate New York. Their tragic end is intricately linked to events that began in County Sligo, Ireland, in 1843, where Brendan McCarthaigh and his best friend Padraig navigate their youth amidst love and societal constraints.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of interconnected lives as the story unfolds, exploring themes of diaspora, betrayal, and the impact of historical events. The characters’ journeys take them from Ireland to Bengal and beyond, highlighting the far-reaching consequences of their choices and the tides of history that shape their destinies. Through a blend of personal and historical narratives, Kalyan Ray presents a multigenerational saga that delves into the intimate connections between love and violence, ultimately leading to the fateful murder that serves as the story’s haunting conclusion. This edition comprises 553 pages and is presented in English.
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In November 1989 an immigrant couple are discovered murdered in a small town in upstate New York. They lie together as though just disengaged from a long embrace. These killings have been two centuries in the making. County Sligo, Ireland, 1843. Brendan McCarthaigh and his best friend Padraig are seventeen and have everything ahead of them. Brendan is in love with books and and Padraig is madly in love with black-haired Brigid. But when Father Conlon sees Padraig and Brigid kissing, the lives of these three young people will be changed forever. A terrible twist of fate takes Padraig across the seas to Bengal and another kind of fate takes Brendan on an Irish Famine ship to Canada. The repercussions of these lives torn apart will echo through the generations to come. From Ireland and England to India, Italy, Poland and North America – the tides of history sweep people across continents. Weaving together private histories and historical personalities, through betrayals and friendships, through riots and terrorism on the Indian subcontinent, a Russian pogrom and the Triangle fire in New York City, we are inexorably lead towards the terrible intimacy of that murder in a sleepy town.Kalyan Ray has crafted a sweeping, epic, multigenerational saga of the diaspora over two centuries and three continents. No Country is a rich, compelling story of what is past, passing, or to come, and the few intimate degrees of separation that lie between love and murder.
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