Books
by Vikram Chandra
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain |
Sanjay makes a pact with the Indian God of Death, Yama. He must tell a story and retain a captive audience to escape death. Thus begins this incredible tale which plunges us into India's past and its long struggle for identity. Between magic and realism, poetry and battlefields, the novel shifts from Calcutta to London to modern America. A dense but powerful story, well worth reading.
(Pamela Jaunin - bwl 29 April 2005) |
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