{"product_id":"the-man-who-tried-to-remember","title":"The Man Who Tried to Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003eA well-known figure in Pune, Achyut Athavale is a retired economist of wide-ranging interests and some social standing. He is often invited to give lectures and speak at public events. One such speech results in a riot taking place in the city, leading a troubled Achyut to move into a home for the elderly located near three small villages in rural India named Norway, Sweden and Denmark. There Achyut suffers a temporary loss of memory and murders another inmate of the home. Events take a turn for the bizarre with the media, the Hindi film industry and some international political figures campaigning to assert Achyut's innocence.\u003cbr\u003e\nBringing together the stylistic elements of the early twentieth-century Marathi novel and the modern European Absurd in this superbly crafted exploration of causality and memory, Makarand Sathe creates a scathing and humorous narrative around the happenings of Achyut's life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Makarand Sathe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44265909289020,"sku":"9780670086412","price":425.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/the-man-who-tried-to-remember-9780670086412.jpg?v=1776841173","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-who-tried-to-remember","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}