| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0-571-21876-8 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0571218769 |
| No of pages | 291 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Faber And Faber |
| Published Date | 03 Feb 2003 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0-571-21876-8 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0571218769 |
| No of pages | 291 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Faber And Faber |
| Published Date | 03 Feb 2003 |
Upamanyu Chatterjee was born in 1959. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983. His published works include short stories and the novels English, August: An Indian Story (1988), The Last Burden (1993), The Mummeries of the Welfare State (2000),
which won the Sahitya Akademie Award for writing in English, Weight Loss (2006) and Way to Go (2011), which was shortlisted for the Hindu Best Fiction Award. In 2008, he was awarded the Order of Officer des Arts et des Letters by the French Government for his contribution to literature.
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Agastya Sen is a young Indian civil servant whose imagination is dominated by women literature and soft drugs. As the novel opens he has been posted to the small provincial town of Madan. English August is a funny, wryly observed account of Agastya Sen's year in the sticks.