{"product_id":"the-heros-walk-paperback-by-anita-rau-badami","title":"The Hero's Walk Paperback by Anita Rau Badami","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2001-03-13)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780676973600\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e289.17\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.95 x 5.2 x 0.9\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eAfter the release of Anita Rau Badami's critically acclaimed first novel, \u003ci\u003eTamarind  Mem\u003c\/i\u003e, it was evident a promising new talent had joined the Canadian literary community.  Her dazzling literary follow-up is \u003ci\u003eThe Hero's Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel teeming with the author's  trademark tumble of the haphazard beauty, wreckage and folly of ordinary lives. Set  in the dusty seaside town of Toturpuram on the Bay of Bengal, \u003ci\u003eThe Hero's Walk \u003c\/i\u003etraces  the terrain of family and forgiveness through the lives of an exuberant cast of characters  bewildered by the rapid pace of change in today's India. Each member of the Rao family  pits his or her chance at personal fulfillment against the conventions of a crumbling  caste and class system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anita Rau Badami explains that  \"\u003ci\u003eThe Hero's Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel  about so many things: loss, disappointment, choices and the importance of coming  to terms with yourself and the circumstances of your life without losing the dignity  embedded in all of us. At one level it is about heroism - not the hero of the classic  epic, those enormous god-sized heroes - but my fascination with the day-to-day heroes  and the heroism that's needed to survive all the unexpected disasters and pitfalls  of life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eANITA RAU BADAMI is the author of four critically acclaimed, bestselling novels: \u003ci\u003eTamarind Mem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hero’s Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCan You Hear the Nightbird Call?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTell It to the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels have been published in several countries including the U.K., U.S.A., France, Germany, India, and Spain. She was previously a freelance journalist, and her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines in Canada and abroad. In 2000, she won the Marian Engel Award for excellence in fiction for a body of work. This same year, \u003ci\u003eThe Hero’s Walk\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize for Fiction. It also won the 2001 Commonwealth Prize for the Caribbean–Canada region and was nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45388269355169,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780676973600","price":23.24,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780676973600.jpg?v=1763481801","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-heros-walk-paperback-by-anita-rau-badami","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}