{"product_id":"and-i-am-the-arrow-9781917378215","title":"And I Am The Arrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compulsive saga of three generations of women and the ghost of a man cut in two on a train track, spanning Calcutta, London and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compulsive saga of three generations of women and the ghost of a man cut in two on a train track, spanning Calcutta, London and New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChatterjee Mansion is a 1940s art-deco house in Calcutta with floors of polished marble and rooms filled with lies and omissions. In this house, late on a rain-soaked night, the turn of a single key unlocks a story that throws its women on a journey across the worlds of the living and the dead, and shatters all they know to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd I Am The Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic tale of flight and survival, of forbidden love and wasted ambition, and secrets that hide in plain sight. Trying to make sense of this world is Mishu, a young woman recently returned to India, just as Niyoti, her grandmother and the family matriarch, falls into a coma. As Mishu, her mother Ira, and their servant Bani wait to see if Niyoti wakes or leaves them forever, long-buried truths come to the surface, revealing a rich and dramatic story of India's social and political struggles entwined with the family's gains and sacrifices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by the women and the ghost who haunts them all, \u003ci\u003eAnd I Am The Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of death and grief, of memory and reality, and of the ways we love and bruise each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A gripping intergenerational story of wide compass and deep compassion. I enjoyed it enormously.‘ – Jo Baker, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Midnight News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLongbourn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A brilliant, beautiful novel that swells with heart. I adored this rich, lyrical, linguistically playful, intergenerational story that spans decades, countries and cultures. The prose ducks and dives as past secrets spill into the present and the dead haunt the living with their wit and wisdom. A deeply-felt exploration of history and humanity, I loved every page of this voice-driven, propulsive novel. Remarkable! Ghosh-Roy’s characters – both the living and the dead – will haunt long after the last line.’ – Rupert Dastur, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloudless\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd I Am The Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e by Pia Ghosh-Roy, is a stunning debut novel exploring severed selves and the myriad ways we can hold one another close. The intricately layered chapters build a poly-vocal mosaic that reveals secrets and intimacies, drawing us in and keeping the pages turning. Ghosh-Roy’s prose, deftly moving between the playful and poetic, bristles with keen observations on life, death, and the spaces in between. I was so deeply invested in the characters (and furious, at times, with some of them). What an achievement, what a story.’ – Melissa Fu, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeach Blossom Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Set in old Calcutta, London, and New York, this intense intergenerational saga is told in many voices with passion and sparkling wit, as well as the foreboding of tragedy and the ghosts of the past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘ – Namita Gokhale, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParo \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaipur Journals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A stunning and propulsive debut full of plot twists and family secrets, Pia Ghosh-Roy’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd I Am the Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e plunges its readers deep into the troubled psyches of its main characters and makes us fall in love with each one. Her finely tuned yet playful and risk-taking writing style is both witty and heartbreaking. In the vividly imagined Chatterjee Mansion in Calcutta, Ghosh-Roy walks a delicate balance between old-time storytelling and wild modernity, while exploring complex subjects with nuance, grace, and deep understanding of the human condition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘ – Maureen Langloss, Editor-in-Chief, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSplit Lip Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Elegant and expansive, Ghosh-Roy excavates the fault lines of family life with great sensitivity and grace.‘ – Mahesh Rao, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Smoke is Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHalf Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘To read this book is to feel as alive as a ghost, seeing, noticing, smelling, hearing lives that a jaded world renders subsonic. This is a desperately life-loving novel. I’ll read it again, now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘ – Sumana Roy, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow I Became a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781917378215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: The Indigo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003ePia Ghosh-Roy grew up in Calcutta, India, and lives in Cambridge, UK. She worked in advertising as a copywriter for over a decade before turning to fiction. She’s the recipient of the 2017 Hamlin Garland Award and the 2019 Cagibi Macaron Prize, and has been short- and longlisted for the Brighton Prize, Bath Short Story Award, Berlin Writing Prize and Fish Short Story Prize. And I Am The Arrow is her debut novel.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ghosh-Roy weaves recent Indian history into a striking tale of abuse and survival.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSuzi Feay\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping intergenerational story of wide compass and deep compassion. I enjoyed it enormously.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eJo Baker\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLongbourn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To read this book is to feel as alive as a ghost, seeing, noticing, smelling, hearing lives that a jaded world renders subsonic. This is a desperately life-loving novel. I'll read it again, now.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eSumana Roy\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHow I Became a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A stunning debut novel exploring severed selves and the myriad ways we can hold one another close. The intricately layered chapters build a polyvocal mosaic that reveals secrets and intimacies, drawing us in and keeping the pages turning. Ghosh-Roy's prose, deftly moving between the playful and poetic, bristles with keen observations on life, death, and the spaces in between. I was so deeply invested in the characters (and furious, at times, with some of them). What an achievement--what a story.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eMelissa Fu\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ePeach Blossom Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elegant and expansive, Ghosh-Roy excavates the fault lines of family life with great sensitivity and grace.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eMahesh Rao\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smoke Is Rising\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHalf Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pia Ghosh-Roy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574026866905,"sku":"9781917378215","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781917378215_a0582e06-0ab3-41b3-a157-0678f0a37cce.jpg?v=1790774951","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/and-i-am-the-arrow-9781917378215","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}