{"product_id":"night-theater-paperback-1","title":"Night Theater - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVikram Paralkar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA surgeon must bring a dead family back to life in this fabulist debut novel set in rural India, called \"otherworldly\" and \"a haunting contemplation of life, death, the liminal space in between, and the dogged search for resurrection\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFleeing scandal in the city, a surgeon accepts a job at a village clinic. He buys antibiotics out of pocket, squashes roaches, and chafes at the interventions of the corrupt officer who oversees his work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut his outlook on life changes one night when a teacher, his pregnant wife, and their young son appear. Killed in a violent robbery, they tell the surgeon that they have been offered a second chance at living if the surgeon can mend their wounds before sunrise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins a night of quiet work, \"as if the crickets had been bribed,\" during which the surgeon realizes his future is tied more closely to that of the dead family than he could have imagined. By dawn, he and his assistant have gained knowledge no mortal should have. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this inventive novel charged with philosophical gravity and sly humor, Vikram Paralkar takes on the practice of medicine in a time when the right to health care is frequently challenged. Engaging earthly injustice and imaginaries of the afterlife, he asks how we might navigate corrupt institutions to find a moral center. Encompassing social criticism and magically unreal drama, \u003ci\u003eNight Theater\u003c\/i\u003e is a first novel as satisfying for its existential inquiry as for its enthralling story of a skeptical physician who arrives at a greater understanding of life's miracles.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVikram Paralkar \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Mumbai. Author of a previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Afflictions\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, where he treats patients with leukemia and researches the disease. He lives in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248995549433,"sku":"9781948226547","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bzB5TW9jVmhEd09COEkvQi9XRkhnZz09_5879877e-2ae7-4e5a-b51b-106a1fecfbb4.webp?v=1768641330","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/night-theater-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}