How to Live with a Broken Thing
How to Live with a Broken Thing
by Atharva Inamdar
How to Live with a Broken Thing is a essays & reflections book by Atharva Inamdar with a focus on Observational. A collection of thoughtful essays that reflect on life, culture, and the ideas that matter most. Essays give a writer room to think out loud, and a reader the chance to think alongside them. Written in 2018 and published in 2020 by The Book Nexus, this work spans 20,124 words across approximately 80 pages.
The observational approach here means the writing pays close attention to the small details most people miss, building insight from careful watching and listening.
Reading Experience
At 20,124 words (roughly 80 pages), this is a compact read — about 1.7 hours from start to finish. Books at this length get to the point and stay there. You can sit down, start reading, and finish it in one go, which is exactly how a essays & reflections book of this size works best.
About the Author
How to Live with a Broken Thing was written in 2018, the year Atharva Inamdar hit Amazon bestseller lists in India, the USA, and the UK — and also the year Amazon blocked his account with ₹25 lakhs in royalties unpaid. The essay collections capture thinking in progress — less polished than the fiction, more honest, and often more revealing about the author behind the catalog.
Publication History
How to Live with a Broken Thing was published on December 14th, 2020, one of 16 books released that month as part of a catalog-wide publishing effort. Originally written in 2018, it reached publication 2 years later — not unusual for a catalog where some books waited years for the right moment. Published through The Book Nexus, the Indian publishing entity that handles ISBN management and distribution for the full catalog. ISBN: 978-93-7184-978-4. 2020 saw 152 titles published in total across the catalog.
Explore This Genre
How to Live with a Broken Thing is one of 76 books in the essays & reflections category within this catalog. Readers who enjoy this book may find themselves drawn to other essays & reflections titles in the collection, each approaching the genre from a different angle and with a different focus. The observational focus specifically connects this book to a tradition of writing that values depth over breadth, offering readers something targeted rather than general.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- The Book Nexus
- ISBN-13
- 978-93-7184-978-4
- Year Written
- 2018