Free Lands

Award-winning author Neel Mukherjee deals with concepts that have settled at the center of the century in Free Lands: Immigration and asylum. Through five characters living different lives, from a cook in Mumbai to the beggar on the street and his dancing bear, from the young girl who left her difficult life in her village for a new life in the city, to the construction worker who lost everything in pursuit of his dreams, the story of wanting more, the desire to migrate to a new life. It gets to the basics. Set in India and moving between the reality of this world and the shadow of the other, Free Lands is a subtle structure that rises with interconnecting stories. Daring, violent, yet full of compassion, this novel offers an impressive exploration of man's instincts to survive and dominate his life. It requires us to imagine a world. This is a sign of Neel Mukherjee's influence, passion and power.

The New York Times

Simply magnificent... The Land of the Free is a dazzlingly beautiful novel and proof that Mukherjee is one of the most original and talented writers of our time.

-NPR

Neel Mukherjee's breathtaking novel The Land of the Free is one of the best things I have ever read; It is a book that is literally unsettling, full of unforgettable scenes, revealing images, language and characters as well as the anger and relentless state of a society in the face of inequality of wealth and power. The most surprising and brilliant novel I have read in a long, long time.

Hanya Yanagihara

An extraordinary achievement. Its subtle and multi-layered plot is a picture of the brutality of social injustice; A narrative that insists on the honor of its characters who have to live miserable lives. A very powerful and impressive novel. The moment I finished, I started again.

The Guardian

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2. Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2019

Number of Printings: 1. Edition

Language : Turkish