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The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

Start date: November 15, 2014

Finish date: December 1, 2014

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Jul 23, 2013 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, around-the-world, reading-envy-podcast, activism-and-revolution, location-india, read2013, booker-winners-and-listed

When this book was named to the Booker longlist, I was disappointed that it wouldn't be published in the USA until 24 September, far beyond when the shortlist was announced. But then I got a review copy of the audiobook from Random House Audio, and moved it to first in line.

The audiobook is read by Sunil Malholtra, who I hadn't heard before, but he does a good job capturing the characters of Subhash and Godi (sp?). I somehow had the tracks out of order, so my initial complaint as I was listening ...more

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Sep 29, 2013 Barbara rated it it was amazing

This is an ambitious book for Jhumpa Lahiri and I think it's the best thing she's done. She begins with two brothers born into post-British India and follows them through the different paths they take. Their choices influence each other and the other people in their lives. Lahiri's writing is deceptively simple, but she totally involved me in this tale. ...more

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Jan 18, 2015 Ardita rated it liked it

I remember a lot of sadness sweeping throughout the story. From the slum where the two brothers live, the poverty where they come from, the exclusive club nearby their house.

The Lowland tells a story of two brothers living in a marshy land in Calcutta. They were unseparable as children, but as they grew into adulthood, passion, dreams and fate propelled them to completely different direction. One stays in India to fight for what he believed, the other one left for the States to pursue a better l ...more

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Sep 10, 2013 Allyse rated it really liked it

Jhumpa Lahiri's short stories are amazing. Her first novel The Namesake was not one of my favorite books. I liked it but it lacked the power of her short stories.

The Lowlands, her second novel, provided me with a full length story that read with the power of her short stories. I simply loved it. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and I cared about them and what was happening in their lives, no matter if I liked them or not.

I tell everyone to read her short story collections Interpreter o ...more

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