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The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

Start date: March 1, 2018

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Dec 28, 2013 Booknblues rated it really liked it

Shelves: social-commentary, family-relationships, india, asia

The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri
4 stars
pp. 352

Subhash and his younger brother, Udayan grew up in the Tollygunge or the lowland region of Calcutta shortly after the separation in 1947. Jhumpa Lahiri deftly weaves the coming of age story of these two brothers who entertain themselves by finding their way to trespass on the renown Tollygunge Club so they can recover lost golf balls for sale. While Udayan is the younger brother he is the more daring and often urges Subhash into daring adventures.

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Apr 30, 2014 Jeanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-women, read-around-the-world, read-2014

Think about this book as a pinball game occurring in slow motion, arcing over a period of 50 years and two continents. Much of the motion occurs under the surface: characters react to political and personal events, without fully understanding the dynamics influencing the others. Despite its apparent hopelessness, this book is in some ways optimistic, as healing and growth do occur. Slowly.

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