{"product_id":"9789386338273","title":"Cradle of the Clouds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Penhari Parganas, a district in pre-Independence Bengal, a young man prepares to leave for Calcutta. Amidst apprehensions, and warnings about the perils of the big city, he revisits his adolescence—his search for a profession among carpenters, watch-repairers and potters, all of whom advise him to become a scholar instead; a summer spent teaching Santali children, and his first exciting brush with love at the school; a foolhardy pony-ride which broke his back; and his intense re-enactment of the legend of Lord Balaram and his plough which ended a harsh drought and brought rain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of the \u003cem\u003ePuranas \u003c\/em\u003eand the great epics, full of diverse characters and digressions which seamlessly combine into one rich whole, \u003cem\u003eCradle of the Clouds \u003c\/em\u003epaints a vivid picture of a child growing up in an Indian village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1951, \u003cem\u003eCradle of the Clouds \u003c\/em\u003eis second in Sudhin N. Ghose’s quartet of novels which follows the young man—introduced as an orphan in \u003cem\u003eAnd Gazelles Leaping\u003c\/em\u003e—as he grows from a wide-eyed child into a disillusioned adult. Long-neglected classics, these novels are being reissued for the first time in more than half a century. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184892166384,"sku":"9789386338273","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789386338273_p0.jpg?v=1763675462","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789386338273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}