num_pages: 624
description: A tale of 19th-century of Sanjay, a poet, and Sikander, a warrior; of great wars and love affairs and a city gone "mad with poetry". Woven into this tapestry of stories is a second, modern narrative - the adventures of a young Indian criss-crossing America in a car with his friends.
language: English
title: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
titlecomplete: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
genres: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Indian Literature, India, Asia, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 2666
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book Overall, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: David Higham Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd