Have you made any hard choices that you still reflect on—either with regret or satisfaction ❓❓❓
I’ve made some hard choices in my earlier life, and I feel truly happy about them. Life is full of choices, and it’s too short to dwell on regrets. Every decision shapes who we are, and I believe in embracing them with confidence.
Name of Book: Choice
Author: Neel Mukherjee
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Publication Date: 22 April 2024
No. of Pages: 320
Format: Digital
A publisher, who is at war with his industry and himself, embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him; an academic exchanges one story for another after an accident brings a stranger into her life; and a family in rural India have their lives destroyed by a gift. These three ingeniously linked but distinct narratives, each of which has devastating unintended consequences, form a breathtaking exploration of freedom, responsibility, and ethics. What happens when market values replace other notions of value and meaning? How do the choices we make affect our work, our relationships, and our place in the world? Neel Mukherjee’s new novel exposes the myths of individual choice, and confronts our fundamental assumptions about economics, race, appropriation, and the tangled ethics of contemporary life.
Choice is a scathing, compassionate quarrel with the world, a masterful inquiry into how we should live our lives, and how we should tell them.
Neel Mukherjee won the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for best fiction in 2010 for his debut novel A Life Apart. His second novel, The Lives of Others, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award, and won the Encore Award. His most recent novel, A State of Freedom, was a New York Times '100 Notable Books of the Year' and heralded as 'Stunning ... a marvel of a book, shocking and beautiful, and it proves that Mukherjee is one of the most original and talented authors working today' (NPR).
My Opinion
Choice by Neel Mukherjee dives into the literary world of economics through its characters. The book shows us a new way to perceive the world. But this book is not for those who are not much familiar with the world politics. It has three stories, each unique in its own way. But, it was really a difficult read for me.Although, I am very much familiar with economics but the characters seemed distant. They were totally irrelevant with the plot. Ayush's story was a bit interesting with a very different and unexpected climax. Others were just hit and miss.
The language was so difficult that the reader will feel disconnected with the plot. Also, there were no particular reason for their sudden emotional outbursts. I would give the book only 3 stars.
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