num_pages: 631
description: Fathered by an Englishman, Pran Nath Razdan, the boy who will become the Impressionist, was passed off by his Indian mother as the child of her husband, a wealthy man of high caste. At fifteen, the news of Pran's true parentage is revealed to his father and he is tossed out into the street. Thus begins an extraordinary journey of a young man who must often reinvent himself to survive.
language: English
title: The Impressionist: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Impressionist: A Novel
genres: British Literature, Historical, India, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3029
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Somerset Maugham Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: RB Large Print