{"product_id":"the-english-problem","title":"The English Problem: A Novel By Beena Kamlani","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA YOUNG INDIAN MAN IS TAPPED TO HELP HIS COUNTRY’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM—BUT HIS HEART ENGAGES HIM IN A DIFFERENT WAR.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-46\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-89\"\u003eSet against the sweeping backdrop of the pre-independence Indian independence movement and pre-war London, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"107\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-89\"\u003eThe English Problem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-89 citation-end-89\"\u003e is a breathtakingly ambitious and richly textured historical debut.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-88 citation-end-88\"\u003eEighteen-year-old Shiv Advani is no ordinary young man: he has been personally chosen by Mahatma Gandhi to travel to England, master British law, and return home to help drive the empire out of India.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-87 citation-end-87\"\u003eBefore departing, he is hastily betrothed in an arranged marriage to a young woman he barely knows.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-47\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-86 citation-end-86\"\u003eArriving in a damp, chilly London in 1931, Shiv expects a straightforward mission—get in, learn the law, and get out.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-85 citation-end-85\"\u003eInstead, he finds a multifaceted \"English problem\" that infiltrates not just landed territories, but the territories of the mind, language, literature, and self-identity.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-84 citation-end-84\"\u003eAs he navigates university life, forms close bonds within London’s creative circles (including appearances by historical figures like Virginia and Leonard Woolf), and faces the stinging realities of racist colonialism, Shiv is torn between duty to his family, loyalty to Gandhi's cause, and a society he is simultaneously repelled by and drawn to.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-83 citation-end-83\"\u003eIn the end, he must fight not only for his country's liberation, but his own.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy this book is a must-have:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-48\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAcclaimed Debut:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-82 citation-end-82\"\u003eHailed as a grand, mesmerizing, and politically profound historical novel by critics and bestselling authors alike.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-49\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eVivid Historical Immersion:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-81 citation-end-81\"\u003eExpertly transports readers between 1930s Britain and pre-partition India, capturing the psychological weight of displacement and colonialism.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-50\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eComplex Characters:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-80 citation-end-80\"\u003eFeatures an engaging, deeply flawed, and conflicted protagonist caught in the crosscurrents of history, love, and ambition.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\" id=\"p-rc_5f6957f0d997d576-51\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRichly Thematic:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-79 citation-end-79\"\u003eExplores profound questions surrounding race, class disparities, sexuality, duty, and the true meaning of belonging.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"11\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eUnravel the complexities of identity and freedom. 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