The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri (3)
I found this book a little slow to build my interest. It
is the story of two close brothers growing up in the 1950’s in Calcutta, India
who were destined for different paths.
The quieter, older brother leaves for college in Rhode Island while the
younger brother stays home and becomes more and more politically active. The
first third of this novel plods along with this narrative. Eventually, a
dramatic event jerks the plot forward, though it quickly gets back to a plodding
pace as we follow the choices the older brother makes. I kept hoping for more
to happen, to like the characters better, but it was not to be, even as time
progressed more rapidly. The lack of love in the family dynamics of this book
were sad, though maybe not as odd as they seemed to me. I wasn’t terribly
interested in what would happen to the characters, and not much good did happen
to them.
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