. . . . "English, August: An Indian Story is a novel by Indian author Upamanyu Chatterjee written in English, first published in 1988. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1994. The novel portrays the struggle of a civil servant who is posted in a rural area and is considered to be a very authentic portrayal of the state of Indian youth in the 1980s. Chatterjee, who became a civil servant in 1983, provides key insight into the disparity between rural and urban lived experiences witnessed in his generation. The character Agastya Sen can also be seen in the sequel of this novel The Mammaries of the Welfare State."@en . . . . "14007675"^^ . . . . "English, August"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "571151019"^^ . . . . . . . "0571151019" . . . . "630591196" . "296"^^ . . "6020"^^ . . . . . . . "English, August"@en . . . . . "Faber & Faber" . "First edition"@en . . . . . . . . . . "English, August"@en . . . . . "English, August: An Indian Story is a novel by Indian author Upamanyu Chatterjee written in English, first published in 1988. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1994. The novel portrays the struggle of a civil servant who is posted in a rural area and is considered to be a very authentic portrayal of the state of Indian youth in the 1980s. Chatterjee, who became a civil servant in 1983, provides key insight into the disparity between rural and urban lived experiences witnessed in his generation. The character Agastya Sen can also be seen in the sequel of this novel The Mammaries of the Welfare State."@en . . . . . . . "296"^^ . . . . . . . . "English"@en . . . . . . . . . "1096308555"^^ . . "January 1988"@en . . "630591196"^^ . . . . . . . "India"@en .