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The Lowland: Shortlisted for The Booker Prize and The Women´s Prize for Fiction
Jhumpa Lahiri
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 298. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 From Subhash’s earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother’s sight. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pass – as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India – their brotherly bond can do ... Read more
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 From Subhash’s earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother’s sight. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pass – as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India – their brotherly bond can do ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408843543
SKU
KAC0000574
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Ref
99-1
About Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri is the author of three previous works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake and most recently, Unaccustomed Earth. A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/Hemingway Award, the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2012.
Reviews for The Lowland: Shortlisted for The Booker Prize and The Women´s Prize for Fiction
Sweeping, ambitious ... Confirms Lahiri as a writer of formidable powers and great depth of feeling, who makes the business of conjuring a story from the chaos of human lives seem quite effortless
Observer
This tale of family ties, the bond of brothers and the breaking of traditions is moving, surprising and utterly compelling ... ... Read more
Observer
This tale of family ties, the bond of brothers and the breaking of traditions is moving, surprising and utterly compelling ... ... Read more