{"product_id":"chateau-rouge-9798896230878","title":"Château Rouge","description":"\u003cb\u003eA meditative and fragmentary novel about a writer invited to a residency in Paris, where he sublets an apartment in the Château Rouge area--an experience that eventually leads him to a newly expansive attitude toward the city.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was beginning to feel it would be best not to settle down in areas recognisably Parisian, because places recognisably themselves tend to be fictitious.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA writer is invited to Paris and finds himself living in an area that bears little resemblance to his idea of the city. With the passing of time, his disquiet translates into a way of seeking and experiencing a truer, more unlikely Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChâteau Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e takes up residence in that area before floating freely through the city. It takes its time, exploring tangents, diversions, side streets, creeping into new spaces and remote angles, to open up fresh ground and appraise the city, the experience of travel, otherness--and the novel itself--anew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amit Chaudhuri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896230878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmit Chaudhuri\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist, poet, and musician. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in India. He has written eight novels, the latest of which is \u003ci\u003eSojourn\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his other works are books of essays, including \u003ci\u003eIncompleteness: New and Selected Essays, 1999-2023\u003c\/i\u003e; a study of D. H. Lawrence's poetry; a book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eReal Time\u003c\/i\u003e; two works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eFinding the Raga\u003c\/i\u003e; and several volumes of poetry. Formerly a professor of contemporary literature at the University of East Anglia, Chaudhuri is now a professor of creative writing and the director of the Centre for the Creative and the Critical at Ashoka University, as well as the editor of literaryactivism.com. He has made several recordings of Indian classical and experimental music, and has been awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, the Indian government's Sahitya Akademi Award, and the James Tait Black Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Amit Chaudhuri \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48867408478365,"sku":"9798896230878","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1eb253d8-b864-47cd-8310-24268967d5d8.jpg?v=1788334712","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/chateau-rouge-9798896230878","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}