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The Lowland is the second novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri, published by Alfred A. Knopf and Random House in 2013. The book received praise from critics and was commercially successful. On October 13, 2013, The Lowland reached #5 of the New York Times Best-sellers list of combined print and ebooks. [1]
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- 2013
24 set 2013 · As a brief plot summary, The Lowland starts out with two brothers living in Calcutta, Subhash, who moves to the United States to attain his doctorate, and Udayan, who joins the Naxalite movement, a rebellion to eliminate inequity and poverty.
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17 giu 2014 · An international bestseller and finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award, The Lowland is a powerful novel from Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author...
She visits the lowland, which has been filled in and built up—condominiums now stand on the site of Udayan’s execution. Gauri considers committing suicide by throwing herself off the balcony of her room in a local guesthouse, but ultimately loses her will to die, and returns to California.
Masterly suspenseful, sweeping, piercingly intimate, The Lowland is a work of great beauty and complex emotion; an engrossing family saga and a story steeped in history that spans generations and geographies with seamless authenticity.
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7 ott 2013 · Geography is destiny in Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel, The Lowland. Her title refers to a marshy stretch of land between two ponds in a Calcutta neighborhood where two very close brothers...
Masterly suspenseful, sweeping, piercingly intimate, The Lowland is a work of great beauty and complex emotion; an engrossing family saga and a story steeped in history that spans generations and geographies with seamless authenticity.
