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This novel centered upon twins, the boy Estha and the girl Rahel, during a crucial time when they're seven-years-old in 1969 and when they're reunited 24 years later. I found many of the cultural details depicting modern India intriguing: the complex interplay between religion, politics, region, ethnicity, race, gender, the colonial legacy and especially caste.
But I found the story hard to get into and never engrossing. Partly this was because of jarring jumps in time, which left me disoriented ...more
But I found the story hard to get into and never engrossing. Partly this was because of jarring jumps in time, which left me disoriented ...more
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