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Darth Brutus's Bigger & Badder Book Diary 2022
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2013: But for its lyrical, evocative scenes of life in the Calcutta neighborhood in which her heroes grow up, Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland could be set anywhere, in almost any time. At the center of this heartbreaking story are two very different brothers. Udayan, the younger by 15 months, is passionate, idealistic and ripe for involvement in the political rebellion in 1960s India (not all that different from his American counterparts of the same era.) Subhash is the “good brother,” the parent-pleaser, who goes off to study and teach in America. But when Udayan,
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 17 June 2014
ISBN-10 : 0307278263 | ISBN-13: 9780307278265
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Release date: 17 June 2014
ISBN-10 : 0307278263 | ISBN-13: 9780307278265
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Darth Brutus rated this 5/10 1 year, 10 months ago
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Darth Brutus's Bigger & Badder Book Diary 2022 (107 books items)"27.6. The first half is about two Indian brothers and their childhood in poor parts of India, revolutionary politics etc. other good stuff. At one point the thing just completely falls apart and it's a chore to read til the end, nothing interesting happens. You'll know when you read it."
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