Geentanjali Shree
Autor(a) de Tomb of Sand
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Obras por Geentanjali Shree
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Shree, Geentanjali
- Outros nomes
- Pandey, Geentanjali
- Data de nascimento
- 1957-06-12
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- India
- Locais de residência
- New Delhi, India
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- International Booker Prize (2022)
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Tomb of Sand por Geetanjali Shree
This is a long and meandering book, and I don't imagine it was easy to translate. I found it quite slow going initially, but in the final third it finds more of a plot and becomes a bit more of a compelling narrative. There is a lot going on here with grief, family dynamics and the long after effects of partition. The female characters are good - not the stereotypes India expects them to be both mother and daughter resist the roles they are expected to play.
½I experienced the "exuberant wordplay" mentioned on the back of the book as a lot of faffing about without much going on. At just short of 100 pages into the book it doesn't seem like there's anything going on on the horizon either, so I'm calling it quits. I am not the reader for this book.
For someone not versed in sub-continental literature, I was mostly defeated by this novel on so many levels. My wife kept asking: Do you know what this story about yet, and Honestly had to answer “No. Not a clue.” And yet I struggled on to the end. The poetry. The in jokes. And the pathos in the last part of the book that obviously held great pain in recounting the partition of Pakistan.
There was plenty there for me mull on. If only I had a little more background.
Like a Bollywood musical.… (mais)
There was plenty there for me mull on. If only I had a little more background.
Like a Bollywood musical.… (mais)
Beautifully written and translated, but poor, cliche execution and an uninteresting handling of its themes.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Membros
- 369
- Popularidade
- #65,264
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 22
- Línguas
- 2