![]() Inseperable as children, as they reach adulthood the brothers’ lives take very different paths. Until the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction announced their shortlist, Jhumpa Lahiri is not an author I had previously come across and it was through deciding to read the six shortlisted books that I was to read The Lowland.Īlso shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Lowland tells the story of two brothers – Subhash and Udayan, who grew up on the suburban streets of Calcutta. My time there was something of a rollercoaster – extreme highs were followed by extreme lows – but almost a decade later the country still holds a very dear place in my heart.ĭespite spending some time in India it’s a country that still fascinates me, and thus I adore reading books set in this foreign land. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many years ago, when on a gap year before starting university, I travelled around India. ![]()
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