Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.74 | 1399 Users | 161 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Last Song of Dusk |
| Author | : | Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | June 13th 2006 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Magical Realism. Asia |
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“Set in 1920s India, this magical debut novel tells the story of beautiful Anuradha, whose songs are spellbinding, but whose fate is troubled.”–Elle
When the astonishingly lovely Anuradha moves to Bombay to marry Vardhmaan, a charming young doctor, their life together has all the makings of a fairy tale. But when their firstborn son dies in a terrible accident, tragedy transforms their marriage into a bleak landscape. As the pair starts fresh in a heartbroken old villa by the sea, they are joined by Nandini, a dazzling and devious artist with a trace of leopard blood in her veins. While Nandini flamboyantly takes on Bombay’s art scene, the couple attempts to mend their marriage, eventually discovering that real love, mercurial and many-hued, is given and received in silence. Sensuous and electric, achingly moving and wickedly funny, The Last Song of Dusk is a tale of fate that will haunt your heart like an old and beloved song.
“A cornucopia of life at full tilt and high color . . . Shanghvi–who’s been compared to Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith, and Vikram Seth–combines ribald humor with prose poetry.”
–Sunday Oregonian
“Few first novelists achieve such perfection, such control, in their performance.”
–India Today
“A gorgeous novel . . . written with a youthful twinkling eye.”
–Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Lush, witty . . . sassy prose . . . moves like a carnival ride.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
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| Original Title: | The Last Song of Dusk |
| ISBN: | 0345485009 (ISBN13: 9780345485007) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Betty Trask Award (2004) |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 1399 Users | 161 ReviewsComment On Based On Books The Last Song of Dusk
Fabulous book. Beautifully written. I am still shocked a man wrote in such a deep insightful way about the life of a woman.
I am speechless! Him inscribing this is painfully magnificent,Love is bigger than us. So we confuse ourselves over it.And of course, its vastness overwhelms. But then that is the only lesson in life.How to love. How to love well, with a detached eye but a concerned hand.How to understand and surrender to its countless contradictions. Most importantly, though, how to never stop loving.How easily he defines love in such simple words, no complications. He amazingly no rather I say magically will
OK, so having invested far too much time in this book, I am not investing much more in the review. Frankly I am amazed by so many gushing reviews for this book.Things in this book that didn't work for me:- It is set in the 1920s. The dialogue is ridiculously modern, it grates against the setting, far too much.- There is a parrot in the book, which holds full conversations with its owner - rubbish.- The genital descriptions are ridiculous to the point some actually make no sense: Example: "...a
I never understood what the magic realism genre was all about - this one enhanced my education over night. For a debut novel - prose is lush and downright beautiful in places. But several portions left me less than comfortable with images and words - it adds to the melancholy of the story no doubt but it also makes me never want to think about the read again - that I my world is never a good sign
Lyrical writing. Sensual, rich, turgid with love and longing.
Read like a poem - the story was out of this world; the writing was a dream to read and the author was only 26 when he wrote this his debut novel. Impressive on all counts and the perfect take-along book to my yoga retreat in Guatemala.
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