{"product_id":"you-envy-the-coutinhos","title":"You Envy The Coutinhos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou Envy the Coutinhos\u003c\/strong\u003e by Michelle D’costa is a darkly comic novel about family, migration, ambition and the gap between how a life appears and how it is actually experienced. Joachim Coutinho leaves Mangalore for Bahrain hoping that a job in the Gulf will transform his difficult circumstances. Instead, he encounters loneliness and a persistent sense of inadequacy while maintaining the appearance of success for those back home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Mangalore, Joachim's nephew Darrel Serrao watches his uncle's life from a distance and envies what he believes Joachim has achieved: a loving family, steady work and prosperity abroad. Convinced that he could create the same future, Darrel looks towards migration with his own ambitions. Their contrasting perspectives reveal how expectations, appearances and reality shape the lives of families separated between India and the Gulf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoachim begins his story in Mangalore with financial pressures, family responsibilities and an unrealised dream of becoming a Bollywood actor. His decision to seek work in Bahrain offers the possibility of a better life, but the reality of living away from home proves more difficult than expected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDarrel's perspective adds another dimension to the story. From Mangalore, he sees only the outward signs of Joachim's supposed success and imagines that migration will provide the security and abundance he desires. The contrast between the two men's experiences creates the novel's central tension between aspiration and disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilt through conversations, observations and family relationships, the novel presents migration not simply as a change of location but as an experience that reshapes expectations, relationships and ideas about success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eJoachim Coutinho's move from Mangalore to Bahrain in search of opportunity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe loneliness and inadequacy behind Joachim's outward image of success\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDarrel Serrao's envy of his uncle's life in the Gulf\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFamily responsibilities, financial pressures and personal ambitions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contrast between migration dreams and lived experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFamily and human relationships shaped by distance and expectation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA tragicomic exploration of ambition and disillusionment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders interested in stories about migration and family\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders interested in the Indian diaspora and Gulf experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders who enjoy darkly comic and tragicomic fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders drawn to stories about ambition, relationships and disillusionment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou Envy the Coutinhos\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the complicated relationship between migration, aspiration and the stories people tell about success. Through Joachim and Darrel, Michelle D’costa presents a darkly comic and emotionally observant portrait of family life between Mangalore and the Gulf, where ambition and reality do not always meet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle D’costa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54554071531795,"sku":"BY36.890","price":470.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4494\/6707\/files\/YouEnvytheCoutinhos_1.webp?v=1786336646","url":"https:\/\/booksandyou.in\/products\/you-envy-the-coutinhos","provider":"Books and You","version":"1.0","type":"link"}