The Association of Small Bombs
| Author | Karan Mahajan |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pages |
The Association of Small Bombs is a 2016 novel by American author and novelist Karan Mahajan.[1] The novel is Mahajan's second, after his 2012 publication Family Planning, and was first released in 2016 by Viking Press. The novel was met with positive reviews.[2][3][4]
The novel opens with a bombing in a New Dehli marketplace in 1996 and examines the trauma caused by the event, examining it from the perspective of both victims and perpetrators.[5]
Plot
The novel opens with the detonation of a bomb by a Kashmiri man, Shockie. The bomb kills thirteen and injures a further thirty, and the remainder of the novel alternates between the perspective of Shockie, those who were injured, and those who lost family in the explosion.
References
- ↑ Fallon, Claire (18 March 2016). "The Bottom Line: ‘The Association of Small Bombs’ By Karan Mahajan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Maazel, Fiona (15 March 2016). "‘The Association of Small Bombs,’ by Karan Mahajan". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Schwartz, Alexandra (4 April 2016). "Blast Radius". The New Yorker. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Ruiz-Camacho, Antonio (22 March 2016). "I Want Complete Freedom When I Write". The Millions. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Sacks, Sam (18 March 2016). "Fiction Chronicle: A Typical Bomb". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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