{"product_id":"9781555977511","title":"Sleeping on Jupiter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the Man Booker Prize, a novel about violence, love, and religion in modern India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a train bound for the seaside town of Jarmuli, known for its temples, three elderly women meet a young documentary filmmaker named Nomi, whose braided hair, tattoos, and foreign air set her apart. At a brief stop en route, the women witness a sudden assault on Nomi that leaves her stranded as the train pulls away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater in Jarmuli, among pilgrims, priests, and ashrams, the women disembark only to find that Nomi has managed to arrive on her own. What is someone like her, clearly not a worshipper, doing in this remote place? Over the next five days, the women live out their long-planned dream of a holiday together; their temple guide pursues a forbidden love; and Nomi is joined by a photographer to scout locations for a documentary. As their lives overlap and collide, Nomi's past comes into focus, and the serene surface of the town is punctured by violence and abuse as Jarmuli is revealed as a place with a long, dark history that transforms all who encounter it. A haunting, vibrant novel that was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and short-listed for the Hindu Literary Prize, Anuradha Roy's \u003ci\u003eSleeping on Jupiter\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly told story of contemporary India from an internationally acclaimed writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055911289072,"sku":"9781555977511","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555977511_p0.jpg?v=1763760826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555977511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}