Some men build empires with iron and will. Others spend a lifetime crossing oceans to understand what an empire actually is.
Ranganathan rose from village dust to command an industry — a man who understood that the world yields to those who take it by force. He never apologised for what he became. His son Shantharam crossed an ocean searching for a different answer. He came back with one — but not the answer he expected.
Two men. The same blood. Ninety years and two continents between them — and between them, every possible answer to the question that runs through every page: what does power actually look like when it is real?
DUST TO ASHES is a saga of hunger, will, and the two faces of power — told without verdict. Perfect for readers of Vikram Seth, Rohinton Mistry, and Jeffery Archer — and anyone who has ever watched a family build something magnificent and then argued about what to call it.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On a monsoon night in 1947, a poor village boy named Ranganathan kneels beside his exhausted wife and holds his newborn son. He swears, silently, that this child will never know what hunger feels like. Forty years later, Ranganathan owns textile mills, real estate, a hotel, and a Minister. He is also a man his wife fears, his eldest son refuses to speak to, and his youngest cannot escape - until the day his father commits the unthinkable.Shantharam flees to America. He flees further into a needle. He nearly dies in a Seattle hallway, where a Salvadoran widow named Dolores covers him with a blanket and decides, against her better judgment, to save him.What happens after a man is saved is the real subject of Dust to Ashes. A literary novel on the two faces of power, in the company of Steinbeck, Coetzee, and Yanagihara, Dust to Ashes is a six-decade portrait of ambition, addiction, and the long, quiet work of choosing to give rather than take - even when everything you knew has taught you the opposite. Contains depictions of domestic violence, sexual coercion, drug addiction, child labor, and human trafficking. Readers sensitive to these themes should approach with care. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798248482726
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On a monsoon night in 1947, a poor village boy named Ranganathan kneels beside his exhausted wife and holds his newborn son. He swears, silently, that this child will never know what hunger feels like. Forty years later, Ranganathan owns textile mills, real estate, a hotel, and a Minister. He is also a man his wife fears, his eldest son refuses to speak to, and his youngest cannot escape - until the day his father commits the unthinkable.Shantharam flees to America. He flees further into a needle. He nearly dies in a Seattle hallway, where a Salvadoran widow named Dolores covers him with a blanket and decides, against her better judgment, to save him.What happens after a man is saved is the real subject of Dust to Ashes. A literary novel on the two faces of power, in the company of Steinbeck, Coetzee, and Yanagihara, Dust to Ashes is a six-decade portrait of ambition, addiction, and the long, quiet work of choosing to give rather than take - even when everything you knew has taught you the opposite. Contains depictions of domestic violence, sexual coercion, drug addiction, child labor, and human trafficking. Readers sensitive to these themes should approach with care. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798248482726
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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - On a monsoon night in 1947, a poor village boy named Ranganathan kneels beside his exhausted wife and holds his newborn son. He swears, silently, that this child will never know what hunger feels like. Forty years later, Ranganathan owns textile mills, real estate, a hotel, and a Minister. He is also a man his wife fears, his eldest son refuses to speak to, and his youngest cannot escape - until the day his father commits the unthinkable.Shantharam flees to America. He flees further into a needle. He nearly dies in a Seattle hallway, where a Salvadoran widow named Dolores covers him with a blanket and decides, against her better judgment, to save him.What happens after a man is saved is the real subject of Dust to Ashes. A literary novel on the two faces of power, in the company of Steinbeck, Coetzee, and Yanagihara, Dust to Ashes is a six-decade portrait of ambition, addiction, and the long, quiet work of choosing to give rather than take - even when everything you knew has taught you the opposite. Contains depictions of domestic violence, sexual coercion, drug addiction, child labor, and human trafficking. Readers sensitive to these themes should approach with care. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798248482726
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