the lowland by jhumpa lahiri book review

Once again in similar jhumpa lahiri fashion we follow generations of characters while still staying true and attached to first generation. The story goes back and forth from Calcutta to states. Years go by, udayan gets married and subhash learns to live alone.Įverything that can go wrong, goes wrong and the two brothers never see each other again. He is passionate about the movement and chooses to work for it abandoning his studies wheras subhash earns a scholarship to study in the states and moves to Rhode Island to study and subsequently get a job as a professor. In 1960s, udayan is drawn towards the Naxalite movement. Just like the lowland there are more geographical characters, like the tolly club, the mosque near their house. the place between the the two ponds a metaphor for the two brothers We see subhash and udayan grow up together, get their education and make habits together. The first 20 pages are comfortable and happy. But subhash strove to minimize his existence, as other animals merged with bark or blades of grass ‘ Udayan is brave, impulsive and ‘blind to self-restraint,like an animal incapable of perceiving certain colors. Subhash and Udayan Mitra, born fifteen months apart, true soulmates in all regards. The book starts in the 1950’s Tollygunge, Calcutta. This time we follow three generations of the Mitra family. Like her previous works, this is also a saga of Indians in the states away from the motherland.

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The lowland by jhumpa lahiri book review