The Romantics

A novel by Pankaj Mishra, author of RUN AND HIDE and AGE OF ANGER

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION

1989. In the holy city of Varanasi, 19-year-old Samar rents a room to avoid a small-town job and lose himself in reading about worlds outside of India.

But when he is thrust into local a circle of privileged European and American expats, led by the charismatic Miss West, Samar will soon face his own silent desires and crumbling beliefs.

'The Romantics looks to Flaubert's Sentimental Education, to E.M. Forster, to Turgenev. But it is the product of a distinctive and sharp intelligence' — Hilary Mantel

'If you buy one literary novel this year, make sure it's this' — The Times

ISBN: 9781529151893 | Published: 30 August 2022 | Paperback | 320 pages