The Lowland ( lowland ) - Softcover

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-10 Language: English Publisher: Knopf SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013.From Subhashs earliest memories. at every point. his brother was there In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and. in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end. Udayan was always in his older brothers sight.So close in age. they were inseparable in childhood and yet. as the years pass as US tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India their brotherly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives. Udayan charismatic and impulsive finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement. a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty. He will give everything. risk all. for what he believes . and in doing so will transform the futures of those dearest to him: his newly married. pregnant wife. his...