{"product_id":"sleeping-on-jupiter-a-novel-by-anuradha-roy","title":"Sleeping on Jupiter: A Novel by Anuradha Roy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong-listed for the Man Booker Prize, a novel about violence, love, and religion in modern India\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a train bound for the seaside town of Jarmuli, known for its temples, three elderly women meet a young documentary filmmaker named Nomi, whose braided hair, tattoos, and foreign air set her apart. At a brief stop en route, the women witness a sudden assault on Nomi that leaves her stranded as the train pulls away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater in Jarmuli, among pilgrims, priests, and ashrams, the women disembark only to find that Nomi has managed to arrive on her own. What is someone like her, clearly not a worshipper, doing in this remote place? Over the next five days, the women live out their long-planned dream of a holiday together; their temple guide pursues a forbidden love; and Nomi is joined by a photographer to scout locations for a documentary. As their lives overlap and collide, Nomi's past comes into focus, and the serene surface of the town is punctured by violence and abuse as Jarmuli is revealed as a place with a long, dark history that transforms all who encounter it. A haunting, vibrant novel that was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and short-listed for the Hindu Literary Prize, Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter is a brilliantly told story of contemporary India from an internationally acclaimed writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43610585169994,"sku":"6681at","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6681at.jpg?v=1779252299","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/sleeping-on-jupiter-a-novel-by-anuradha-roy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}