Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel
by Vikram Chandra
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Author: Vikram ChandraEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995
ISBN: 0316132934
Number of pages: 542
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: A novel worth reading, again and again.
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a non-Indian American who has always taken particular interest in Indian culture, theology and history, I purchased this novel with a fair amount of anticipation. After reading the first chapter alone, I was most pleased to have realized that not only had I discovered a book that would add much to my understanding of India, but, more importantly, I knew that I had chanced upon an eminently talented, creative and gifted author. After reading the entire novel, I realized two important things: 1) Not only does the novel enhance one's comprehension of India, but, there is much to learn about America and the western hemisphere as well -- the universal applicability of the book can not be missed; and, 2) I would need to quickly re-arrange my personal top-ten book list! "Red Earth & Pouring Rain" is a novel worth much more than its cover price -- its stories resonate far beyond their pages. The book is therefore one that any serious lover of literature should read. Chandra gives us: characters to love -- we simply can not forget them; prose that is at once entirely accessible and powerfully compelling; symbol, irony, profundity, and all the rest. With surprising grace, skill and rhythm, the author transports readers across multiple centuries and continents through a series of perfectly interwoven stories -- never forgetting to bring us back home again. What results is a whole, cohesive narrative of love and lives, war and wonders -- one which prompts readers to consider important questions -- questions political, spiritual, philosophical, cultural, familial... and natural, such as his ending to Chapter 1, spoken by our primary protagonist, the primate we simply must love, Sanjay: "...surely this must be enough, to feel these things and to know that all this exists together, the earth and its seas, the sky and its suns." Don't read another book before reading this one.
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Combining Indian myths, epic history, and the story of three college kids in search of America, a narrative includes the monkey's story of an Indian poet and warrior and an American road novel of college students driving cross-country.Men's Adventure Books
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