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I don't generally evoke jewelry to talk about books, but this novel deserves all the diamonds and rubies and emeralds I can muster. The prose glitters and sparkles; the plotting is as intricate and finely wrought as a gold chain. Beautiful!
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This books remains a hazy memory for me - every once in a while something reminds me of it, and I try to remember the name but I can't, I struggle, and finally I find it again. So I'm putting it on my list.
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Beautiful and sad. It's been a couple of weeks since I read this, and I still find myself sorting through the parallels between the story (of the English cousin of an Indian family who visits India and dies on her trip, and the life of the family before that, and the life of the family after that) and its links to post-colonialism. There's a lot here, about that, and about family, and about perspectives of the past colored by the present, and more.
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Jul 07, 2010
Janelle
marked it as to-read
This is really hard for me to get thru. Maybe if I take a break and come back I'll be able to finish it...
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Mar 18, 2009
Victoria Sandbrook
marked it as to-read
Apr 10, 2009
Christian
marked it as 2020
Jul 09, 2009
Bekah
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Sep 20, 2010
Bethany
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Aug 29, 2011
Steph S
marked it as unfinished
Aug 28, 2012
Julianne Dunn
marked it as to-read
