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Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction by Roshan Ali A young man searches for an answer to the question – Is there a purpose to life?
Ib is a strange young man who is alienated by the rhythms of modern life and finds little in his circumstances that is worth redemption. Stuck between his mentally ill father, timid mother, and a domineering grandfather who intends to push Ib into a life of convention, Ib retreats to his imagination. As he drops out of college, follows a wise man to the Himalayas, and spends an inordinate amount of time in his favourite pub, he tries to make sense of the world around him.
Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction is Roshan Ali’s debut novel. Powered by the rhythmic influences of Saul Bellow, this novel is a wry look at Ib’s nihilistic tendencies and the lies we tell ourselves to navigate contemporary life.
Jury comments
“A well-sculpted debut novel about an ennui-ridden, disaffected, unmoored youth in contemporary urban India. Full of dark humour and wise-cracking angst, its laid-back style comes back and smacks you in the jaw as you realise you are in the midst of a fascinating experiment with language. An anxious, brilliant read.”
The Author
Roshan Ali was born and raised in Bengaluru. After taking a college poetry course, he began writing poems inspired by T.S. Eliot and Leonard Cohen He began writing a novel after dropping out of the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in 2008. He wrote several different drafts of Ib’s Endless Search for Satisfaction including one where all the characters spoke like Irishmen. After battling depression and more than twelve different drafts over a decade, he finally finished the novel in 2017. He lives in Bengaluru with his wife and two dogs.
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Publisher : Penguin Viking (18 April 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 216 pages
ISBN-10 : 067009238X
ISBN-13 : 978-0670092383
Item Weight : 522 g
Dimensions : 12.7 x 2.29 x 20.32 cm
Country of Origin : India
