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Jhumpa Lahiri
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| Title | : | The Lowland |
| Author | : | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 1st |
| Pages | : | Pages: 340 pages |
| Published | : | September 24th 2013 by Knopf |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literary Fiction |
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Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a deeply felt novel of family ties that entangle and fray in ways unforeseen and unrevealed, of ties that ineluctably define who we areFrom Subhash's earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother's sight. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pass - as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India - their brotherly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives.
Udayan - charismatic and impulsive - finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty. He will give everything, risk all, for what he believes, and in doing so will transform the futures of those dearest to him: his newly married, pregnant wife, his brother and their parents. For all of them, the repercussions of his actions will reverberate across continents and seep through the generations that follow.
Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a deeply felt novel of family ties that entangle and fray in ways unforeseen and unrevealed, of ties that ineluctably define who we are. With all the hallmarks of Jhumpa Lahiri's achingly poignant, exquisitely empathetic story-telling, this is her most devastating work of fiction to date.
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| Original Title: | The Lowland |
| ISBN: | 0307265749 (ISBN13: 9780307265746) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Subhash Mitra |
| Setting: | Calcutta(India) Providence, Rhode Island(United States) Kolkata(India) …more Rhode Island(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Booker Prize Nominee (2013), NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2014), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2014), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (2013) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2013), DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2015) |
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Two brothers, born in India before partition, come of political age in the 1960s. One brother becomes politically active, the other doesnt, and their lives unfold in completely disparate ways. Tragedy is inevitable, and families struggle to readjust and heal. Some adjust better than others.The word Potentially should have preceded the publishers blurb of Suspenseful, sweeping, piercingly intimate, because the opportunities to create that kind of story were squandered. There was a rich substrateVery close to a 3. Downgraded to a 2 because Lahiri can do SO much better.This book was just too chilly for me. Years, decades, generations pass, but people don't grow, change or express themselves- they just keep bitterness, love, sadness, guilt equally bottled up, and indulge in quiet renunciation (Subhash) or witchy selfishness (Gauri). (I've never seen any of the stereotypically bleak Scandinavian films (Bergman et al.) but I imagine that they would feel like this book does).Lahiri is
Two brothers, born fifteen months apart in Calcutta, India, inseparable until the 1960's when they are both in their mid twenties and their interests begin to diverge. Udayar becomes a follower of Mao's revolutionary politics and joins the Naxalite movement. Which I had to look up on the all knowing wiki. Subhash goes to America to continue his studies. As I was reading this I felt as if the first half was like an outline, just the bare bones of the characters personalities were being revealed.
Every time i pick up a Jhumpa Lahiri, i feel like i know what i'm getting into and yet every time i find myself proven wrong. I can ramble for hours about the story and nuances but to be honest the story isn't what makes the book specialJhumpa's flowing texts with apparently irrelevant descriptions that confluence perfectly with the scenario or as a buildup is what makes her an irreplaceable part of literary history.The way she can take you between generations and second person perspectives of
Wow. Jhumpa Lahiri's THE LOWLAND is a big novel with the power of her best short stories. It follows the life of Subhash Mitra as he grows up in Calcutta and then moves to America--typical fare for Lahiri, but with much broader scope and even cleaner, crisper writing than the Pulitzer Prize winner has shown in the past.With a sweeping, addictive plot, THE LOWLAND still peels naked the identities brother, lover, father, and mother, often with just a small, simple gesture. It challenges the
2.5 starsJumpa Lahiri has failed me. I remember loving The Namesake. I read an excerpt of it in The New Yorker and couldn't wait to read the complete novel. But The Lowland, while layered and complex, requires way too much STUDY. This is not an enjoyable book. I found myself bored and restless time and time again. Even at 50 percent in, I was muddling in murky waters. This book is about the history of India, lots of politics, upheaval, warring parties, etc. I don't adore political history anyway
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