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Manil Suri

Autor(a) de The Death of Vishnu

6+ Works 2,493 Membros 66 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

Manil Suri was born in Bombay. He is a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obras por Manil Suri

The Death of Vishnu (2001) 1,895 exemplares
The Age of Shiva (2008) 400 exemplares
The City of Devi (2013) 151 exemplares
Bollywood Apocalypse (2014) 2 exemplares

Associated Works

The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contribuidor — 627 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

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Here's what I wrote in 2009 about this read: "Good read about life in modern Mumbai. Tragi-comic, with the most memorial characters being the "warring housewives" on the first floor of the apartment building where Vishnu lived (on a landing)."
 
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MGADMJK | 42 outras críticas | Jul 31, 2023 |
OK fiction on how death of a homeless man in India affects people.
 
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kslade | 42 outras críticas | Dec 8, 2022 |
Human and rich, funny and tragic--never been to India but somehow this seems like India distilled. The heroism of the character who can't bear pain is so noble and funny and true! Beautiful book.
 
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AnnKlefstad | 42 outras críticas | Feb 4, 2022 |
A wonderful tale that revolves around Vishnu, who sleeps on the staircase landing of a Bombay apartment block and does odd-jobs for the residents. He is dying and we begin to meet the residents as they argue about who will pay for an ambulance to take Vishnu away. There are two Hindu families, the Pathaks and Asranis, who have petty arguments about sharing a kitchen, there is Mr Taneja, whose wife has died and who has become a recluse and there is the unfortunate Mr and Mrs Jalal and Mr Jalal's search for enlightenment in different religions and their son who is secretly meeting Kavita, the Asrani's daughter. All of this is intertwined with Indian myths and religion. There is humour as the residents deal with each other. Vishnu looks back on his life as he dies and we read the back story of many of the residents but it is the flats and the staircase where the novel happens.… (mais)
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CarolKub | 42 outras críticas | Nov 5, 2019 |

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Obras
6
Also by
3
Membros
2,493
Popularidade
#10,290
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
66
ISBN
89
Línguas
15
Marcado como favorito
3

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