The Death of Vishnu
Autor Manil Surien Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2008
Vishnu,
the
odd-job
man
in
a
Bombay
apartment
block,
lies
dying
on
the
staircase
landing.
Around
him
the
lives
of
the
apartment
dwellers
unfold
-
the
warring
housewives
on
the
first
floor,
the
lovesick
teenagers
on
the
second,
and
the
widower,
alone
and
quietly
grieving
at
the
top
of
the
building.
In
a
fevered
state
Vishnu
looks
back
on
his
love
affair
with
the
seductive
Padmini
and
comedy
becomes
tragedy
as
his
life
draws
to
a
close.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780747593812
ISBN-10: 0747593817
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0747593817
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Caracteristici
Longlisted
for
the
Booker
Prize;
nominated
for
the
PEN
Faulkner
Award,LA
TimesBook
Award
and
WH
Smith
Book
Award;
winner
of
the
Barnes
&
Noble
2001
Discover
Great
New
Writers
Award
for
Fiction
Notă biografică
Manil Suri was born in Bombay in 1959 and is a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland. His first novel, The Death of Vishnu, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, nominated for the PEN Faulkner Award, the LA Times Book Award and the WH Smith Book Award. It won the Barnes & Noble 2001 Discover Great New Writers Award for Fiction. Manil Suri was an inaugural winner of the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. He is also the author of The Age of Shiva (Bloomsbury, 2008).
Recenzii
'All
the
elements
of
great
storytelling
are
here,
the
mystic
transports
of
Ben
Okri
with
the
intimate
charm
of
Arundhati
Roy
...
enchanting'
'A magnificent debut, rich with humour, compassion and insight into what it is like to inhabit the melting pot that is contemporary Bombay, rich in celebration of humanity'
'A wonder of a book. Astonishing'
'A magnificent debut, rich with humour, compassion and insight into what it is like to inhabit the melting pot that is contemporary Bombay, rich in celebration of humanity'
'A wonder of a book. Astonishing'
Descriere
Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold - the warring housewives on the first floor, the lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving at the top of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and comedy becomes tragedy as his life draws to a close.