A powerfully original new book from blockbuster director Mansoor Khan

is proud to announce the publication of

ONE

The Story of the Ultimate Myth

 by Mansoor Khan

‘A gem of a book which first challenged my mind, and then blew it apart.’

AAMIR KHAN, Actor and director

‘Brilliant! Read One if you want to read a story well written. Read it if you want to figure out how we got into the mess we are in … More importantly, read it to understand how the roots of the multiple crises lie in the myth of separation and superiority.’

VANDANA SHIVA, Scholar, environmental activist and author

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

 

‘Mr Khan’s novel is a powerfully original work, which operates on two levels, the personal and the philosophical … One is a work of powerful feelings and of profound importance. Everything’s at stake. Read Mansoor Khan.’

JOHN ZERZAN, Philosopher and author 

 

Two strangers meet by chance in a park. Sonal, formerly a sociology professor and firebrand activist, is now battling memory loss and acute depression. Abhay, a once- celebrated genetic engineer, is now a paranoid fugitive hiding from an establishment whose scientific paradigm he challenged. To the world, both of them are insane, but the truth is deeper.

Abhay shares his most closely guarded thoughts in the form of a book with Sonal. It is a radical paradigm-shifting perspective, and the two misfits discover that they are kindred souls, forced to doubt their own sanity by a deluded culture. Together, they want to take their revelation to the world before it’s too late.

But as always, reality has other plans.

‘Mansoor’s One is a page-turner! This powerful, engaging and important book makes clear the destructiveness of our current story and points us towards a new ecological story.’

DERRICK JENSEN, American eco philosopher, author and environmentalist

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Talking about the book, Poulomi Chatterjee, Publisher at HarperCollins India, says, ‘Mansoor Khan’s One uses a simple story about an ordinary situation and, through effective storytelling, gives us an extraordinary perspective on how humanity has reached the current juncture and what we need to change for the future – ours and the earth’s – to be a better one. This book is sure to engage readers, not just with a thought-provoking story, but a call to action they may want to heed.’

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 MANSOOR KHAN has directed four very successful Bollywood films – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Akele Hum Akele Tum and Josh. In 2003, he moved to Coonoor to pursue his real calling – living on an organic farm, Acres Wild, and making cheese. His present pursuit is critiquing civilization as the single human culture behind the convergent global crisis often erroneously blamed on all humans.

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For review copies, author interviews, excerpts or more information, please write to: nandini.tripathi@harpercollins.co.in