{"product_id":"the-lives-of-others-by-neel-mukherjee-book-price-in-bd","title":"The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee – A Powerful Story of Family, Class and Change\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA house can hide pride, anger, love, shame, hunger, and secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee takes readers into the home of the Ghosh family in Calcutta in 1967. They are wealthy, respected, and used to living above others. Yet their family business is failing, old fights are growing, and the world outside their home is changing fast. Inside the house, each person wants something different. Some want love. Some want money. Some want power. Others only want to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAway from home, the oldest grandson, Supratik, has joined a radical political movement. He wants to fight the deep gap between rich and poor. His choice brings him close to farmers, workers, fear, and violence. While he tries to change society, his family slowly begins to break apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a rich family story, a political novel, and a close look at how people treat one another. It asks a simple but difficult question: can we truly understand another person’s life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhen you want a story with real depth\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome novels are easy to finish but easy to forget. Their people feel flat, their problems end quickly, and little stays in the mind after the final page. Readers who want a deeper book may feel that these stories do not give them enough to think about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lives of Others offers something fuller. It follows several members of one family and shows how their choices touch everyone around them. A small insult at breakfast can reveal years of hurt. A money problem can change a marriage. A political idea can move from a young man’s mind into homes, fields, and lives far beyond him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book does not give one simple hero and one simple villain. Each person carries hope and weakness. Even when a character acts badly, the story helps readers see the fear, pride, or pain behind that action. This makes the novel feel human and gives reading groups many ideas to discuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEnter the crowded Ghosh family home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghosh family lives together in a large house. Its rooms and floors show the order of the family. Age, money, gender, and family position decide who receives respect and who must wait. The home looks strong from outside, but inside it is full of cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParents worry about their children. Brothers compete for control. Wives compare their place in the home. Old anger grows beside daily meals and family duties. People hear more than they admit, and they hide more than they say. The family business, once a sign of success, is also losing its strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeel Mukherjee gives space to many people, not only the loudest ones. This allows readers to see the same home from different sides. One event may feel small to the person with power and deeply painful to the person below. The title begins to make sense as these private lives come together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe house becomes more than a setting. It is like a map of the family and of society itself. Those at the top enjoy comfort, while those lower down carry more work and less choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSupratik chooses a different path\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupratik grows troubled by the comfort of his family and the hard lives of poor people around them. He becomes involved with the Naxalite movement, a radical movement linked to land, class, and political change. Instead of staying in the family home, he leaves a note and goes away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis journey takes him closer to village life and the suffering of people who have very little. He sees hunger, unfair power, and the daily cost of poverty. He wants to help build a fairer world, but strong ideas can lead to dangerous choices. The line between hope and harm becomes harder to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis story creates a sharp contrast with life inside the Ghosh home. While family members fight over rooms, respect, and money, people outside fight to live. Yet the novel does not make either world simple. Supratik’s political work has courage in it, but it also carries risk, secrecy, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders watch him ask what one person should do when the world is unfair. His answer changes him and affects people who may never know his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA family story shaped by history\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel is set during a troubled time in West Bengal. The late 1960s brought political tension, food problems, class anger, and the rise of the Naxalite movement. These events are not only background. They enter the family story and change the choices people can make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghosh family has money, but money cannot fully protect them from change. Their paper business struggles. The old family order begins to feel weak. Young people question the rules accepted by older people. The distance between rich and poor becomes harder to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis mix of private life and public history is one of the book’s greatest strengths. Readers see a city and a family moving through the same storm. Political change appears in meetings and villages, but it also appears in worry at home, missing money, broken trust, and fear of what may happen next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou do not need to be an expert on Indian history before reading. The story gives human faces to large ideas. However, readers who know something about Bengal or the Naxalite movement may notice even more detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy the novel earned major award attention\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lives of Others was shortlisted for the 2014 Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award. It later won the Encore Award for a strong second novel. These honours reflect the book’s large vision, careful writing, and deep look at family and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel is ambitious because it holds many people and ideas together. It looks at class, gender, money, family duty, political action, and moral choice without turning them into a lesson. Instead, these themes grow through the characters’ daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward recognition does not mean every reader will find the book easy. It is a long, detailed literary novel that asks for time and attention. That effort is part of its reward. As the family becomes familiar, small details gain meaning. A quiet scene early in the book may feel much more important later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChoose this title when you want a serious novel that can stay with you after reading. It offers more than a quick plot. It offers a whole home, a troubled city, and a set of lives that slowly become connected in the reader’s mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you will find inside the story\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wide family saga covering three generations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1967 Calcutta setting filled with social and political change\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rich Ghosh family and their failing paper business\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSupratik’s move toward radical political action\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrong themes of class, wealth, poverty, gender, and power\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany characters with different needs and private secrets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed scenes of home life, village life, and political struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA close look at the gap between comfort and hunger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary writing that rewards patient reading\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA complete story told in one standalone novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese features make the book a good choice for readers who enjoy large family stories and novels connected to real history. The many viewpoints allow the book to show how one person’s comfort can depend on another person’s work or pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho should read The Lives of Others?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis novel is best for mature readers who enjoy literary fiction, historical fiction, political novels, and detailed family sagas. It is especially suitable for people interested in Bengal, modern Indian history, class conflict, the Naxalite movement, or stories about large families living together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may enjoy it if you like:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlow stories that build meaning over time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge groups of connected characters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSerious books about family and society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical settings shown through personal lives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoral questions without easy answers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich details about homes, food, work, and daily habits\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovels that explore both private pain and public change\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book may be harder for readers who want a very quick thriller, a small cast, or a light family story. It includes dark subjects, political violence, cruelty, poverty, and painful family behaviour. These parts support the novel’s themes, but they can feel heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the right reader, its size and detail are benefits. They provide time to know the family and understand how slowly a home, business, and social order can fall apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA premium printed copy for a long read\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long novel needs a physical copy that feels comfortable in the hands and stays strong through many reading sessions. Bookish Wonderland offers a reader-friendly printed edition made for regular use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePremium eye-soothing cream paper gives the pages a warm colour and reduces the harsh look of bright white paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrystal-clear print keeps the text sharp and easy to follow across long chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh-quality stitched and glue binding helps hold the pages securely together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDurable construction supports repeated reading, study, and sharing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printed English format gives readers a calm, screen-free reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese details matter for a book that readers may spend many days exploring. Clear text supports focus, while strong binding helps the copy remain useful after notes, discussions, and another reading. It is suitable for a personal shelf, university reading list, book club, or thoughtful gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee price in Bangladesh\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders searching for The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee price in Bangladesh can check the current amount on the Bookish Wonderland product page. The listed price should be reviewed before ordering because prices and offers may change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBookish Wonderland delivers books inside Dhaka and across districts throughout the country. Cash on Delivery is available nationwide, allowing customers to pay when the parcel reaches them. Readers in Dhaka can also ask about fast or urgent delivery when they need the book sooner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustomers receive a premium printed copy with cream paper, clear text, and strong binding. If you need help with an order, delivery, or special request, contact Bookish Wonderland through Facebook or Instagram.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA family story that stays with you\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghosh family may live under one roof, but each person carries private worries, old anger, and hidden secrets. While the family struggles to protect its wealth and place in society, Supratik leaves his comfortable life to fight for people who have far less. His decision takes him into a world of hope, danger, and difficult choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lives of Others is a good choice for readers who enjoy deep family stories with real history and strong characters. 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