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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

The Lowland Hardcover | Pages: 340 pages

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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 are From 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 substrate

"It was as if Udayan were there, speaking to him, teasing him. He felt their loyalty to one another, their affection, stretched halfway across the world. Stretched perhaps to the breaking point by all that now stood between them, but at the same time refusing to break." You don't have to be in a certain place, at a certain time to be able to catch the faint thrum of the lifeblood coursing through the pages of this book, live the heartbreak of its characters, to develop a sense of solidarity

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

Very rarely after rating a book on Goodreads i have clicked "write a review"....very often....this is one such time....The first line onwards this book was just a magic recreated with a delightful and mesmerising penmanship by Jhumpa Lahiri.... her previous books were good or even brilliant....but the way her storytelling has matured is simply a treat to the eyes and to the mind....there is no relief in the storyline....it strangles you with one tragedy after the other which reminds you of the

I see Jhumpa Lahiri as kind of an old-fashioned novelist in the sense that she genuinely cares about things like character development, setting, and storytelling. She's not trying to impress you with how clever she is; she's not setting up some "twist" that's going to make you rethink everything that came before it. She's all about providing an immersive experience that earns all of its emotional high points and epiphanies. This is all to the good, in my opinion. I wish there were more writers

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

In Calcutta in the 1960s two brothers come of age amid a confusing cluster of economic, social, religious, and political changes that were to disrupt India for years. Subhash and his younger brother Udayan were inseparable throughout their youth. With strict parents and expectations for their lives, they began to bridle as they approached college age. Both were bright boys, both with plans for their futures but here their lives begin to separate and their lives and family to splinter. Subhash is