- Naxalite movement, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Families, Brothers
Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 370
- Publisher
- Salamandra, A. & C. Black, Vintage
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781408850039
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