Lakshmi answers “I am a little confused about the ending. I...”

Alice Boccia asked this question about The Lowland:

I am a little confused about the ending. I think the book was well written, and the author is extremely intelligent, but at times I feel the book could been cut in half. Is the ending just telling you what led up to everything that happened and why it happened? I already knew all this. Am I missing something in the ending I should know about?

Lakshmi I think the ending helps explains Gauri's ambivalence towards both Udayan and Subhash. While she really loved Udayan, she is unable to live completely…moreI think the ending helps explains Gauri's ambivalence towards both Udayan and Subhash. While she really loved Udayan, she is unable to live completely only with his love when she realises how deeply he had manipulated her and everyone around. While she respects Subhash, she is unable to live with him in the full knowledge of what Udayan had done and maintaining to him the facade of her complete love and the image of Udayan as an idealist revolutionary.

While the book did seem a tad long, it may be because I was unsure what the perspective of Bijoli added to the narrative. It is at the end the story of Gauri, Udayan and Subhash. Bela was important because she bore the consequences of all their decisions.

Bijoli is the one character that left me under whelmed.(less)

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