The Folded Earth : A Novel (Paperback)

From the widely acclaimed author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, a powerful and triumphantly beautiful novel set in contemporary India, about a young woman forging a new life in the foothills of the Himalayas.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011 MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION 2011

With her debut novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha Roy's exquisite storytelling instantly won readers' hearts around the world, and the novel was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and The Seattle Times. Now, Roy has returned with another masterpiece that is already earning international prize attention, an evocative and deeply moving tale of a young woman making a new life for herself amid the foothills of the Himalaya.

Desperate to leave a private tragedy behind, Maya abandons herself to the rhythms of the little village, where people coexist peacefully with nature. But all is not as it seems, and she soon learns that no refuge is remote enough to keep out the modern world. When power-hungry politicians threaten her beloved mountain community, Maya finds herself caught between the life she left behind and the new home she is determined to protect.

Elegiac, witty, and profound by turns, and with a tender love story at its core, The Folded Earth brims with the same genius and love of language that made An Atlas of Impossible Longing an international success and confirms Anuradha Roy as a major literary talent.

Author: Anuradha Roy
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781451633337

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2011 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2012 pg. 30
Booklist 03/01/2012 pg. 43
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2012
Shelf Awareness 05/04/2012
New York Times Book Review 06/03/2012 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 06/10/2012 pg. 30
Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 46

About the Author
Anuradha Roy is the author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, The Folded Earth, All The Lives We Never Lived, and Sleeping on Jupiter--which won the DSC Prize for Fiction 2016 and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2015. She lives in Ranikhet, India.