Evening Is the Whole Day
by Samarasan, Preeta
- Used
- as new
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0007271883
- ISBN 13
- 9780007271887
- Seller
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Grottoes, Virginia, United States
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Synopsis
When the Rajasekharan family’s rubber-plantation servant girl is dismissed for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of precipitous losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha’s life. In the space of several weeks her grandmother passed away under mysterious circumstances, and Uma, her older sister, left for Columbia University, forever. Aasha is left stranded in a family, and a country, slowly going to pieces. Circling through years of family history to arrive at the moment of Uma’s departure, Evening is the Whole Day illuminates in heartbreaking detail one Indian immigrant family’s layers of secrets and lies, while exposing the complex underbelly of Malaysia itself. Sweeping in scope, exuberantly lyrical and masterfully constructed, Preeta Samarasan's debut is a mesmerizing and vital achievement, perfect as a reading group selection, and sure to earn her a place alongside Arundhati Roy and Zadie Smith.
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- Bookseller
- Catch and Release Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001524
- Title
- Evening Is the Whole Day
- Author
- Samarasan, Preeta
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007271883
- ISBN 13
- 9780007271887
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London UK
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE
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