{"product_id":"edison-a-bollywood-novel","title":"Edison, a Bollywood novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThird State Books is founded by Stephanie Lim and Charles Kim. The publishing house focuses on Asian American voices and stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A sparkling epic worthy of Bollywood’s silver screens.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdison\u003c\/em\u003e is a Bollywood-style epic tale brimming with song and dance, action and comedy, love and pathos, action and comedy, and cameos by real Indian starts of yesterday and today—a hilariously entertaining masala film in the guise of literary fiction. Along the way, we glean bits of Bollywood history and fall in love with an improbable cast of characters who inhabit Edison’s Little India. \u003cem\u003eEdison\u003c\/em\u003e is a wild, romantic, laugh-out-loud love letter to life, community, friendship, and the Indian American community of Edison, New Jersey, where debut author Pallavi Dixit grew up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A delightful and perceptive jaunt into the heart of the Indian American community of New Jersey, Edison is a charming, often hilarious novel brimming over with life, laughter, and dreams.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Chitra Divakaruni, author of \u003cem\u003eIndependence\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMistress of Spices\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Pallavi Sharma Dixit has given us an unforgettable love story, a riotous comedy, a tender coming-of-age tale, a history of an American city, and an homage to Indian cinema, told with all the romance and drama and verve of the movies.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Nathan Hill, NY Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWellness\u003c\/em\u003e (Oprah’s Book Club)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In this effervescent debut . . . a large cast of endearing characters, including Prem’s roommates and the Bollywood performers he recruits, round out the story, which is enlivened by Dixit’s natural gift for screwball comedy. This romp is one to savor.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Publisher’s Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe unlikely star of \u003cem\u003eEdison\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis Prem Kumar, the hapless youngest son of a titan of New Delhi industry. Obsessed with Hindi movies—what the world calls Bollywood—he is uninterested in joining the family business or marrying the spear-wielding heiress chosen by his father. He runs away to chase his filmmaking dreams in America, but his plans are immediately derailed. Instead, he finds himself crashing on a mattress and working at an Exxon gas station in the Indian immigrant community of Edison, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThough life is not going according to script, Prem finds a happy rhythm in this bewildering setting. When the beautiful and ambitious Leena Engineer bursts onto the scene, she and her grocery store–owning father upend Prem’s short-term plan to do as little as possible, launching him on an epic adventure to make something of himself. Supported by an unruly cast of roommates, aunties, murderous yet orderly mobsters, and film stars at once glamorous and ludicrous, Prem test-drives the role of hero, and along the way, he witnesses around him the transformation of an ordinary suburb into a bustling “Little India.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an effort for mutual aid efforts, we are enabling the option to sponsor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea copy of the book to be donated. Select from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the drop down and we will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the book you donated with the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kurated Kultura","offers":[{"title":"purchase for shipping","offer_id":45312540508207,"sku":"sku-49487337292072","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/2363\/7551\/files\/edison-a-bollywood-novel-book-kurated-kultura-shopify-collective-8100292.jpg?v=1778684553","url":"https:\/\/www.laviebien.com\/de\/products\/edison-a-bollywood-novel","provider":"La Vie Bien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}