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Synopsis
A sweeping, cinematic novel about two generations of a family
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Review
"A story to lose yourself in ... Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." — "Sunday Express"
"A lyrical love letter to India’s past...Poetic and evocative. Roy’s writing is a joy." — "Financial Times"
"A story to lose yourself in ... Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer ... this tale of three generations of an Indian family, set over the span of the 20th century, is brilliantly told [and] intensely moving." -- "Sunday Express"
"""In" An Atlas of Impossible Longing, "Anuradha Roy""bravely explores love, the caste system, and familial lines in a vivid portrait of war-stricken twentieth-century India. This absorbing story defies prediction. Roy's grace and mesmerizing language stayed with me long after I closed the book." --Katie Crouch, author of "Girls in Trucks"
"A lyrical love letter to India's past...Poetic and evocative. Roy's writing is a joy." -- "Financial Times"
"Epic. . . . [a] gorgeous, sweeping novel." --"Ms Magazine"
Praise for "An Atlas of Impossible Longing: "
International Praise for "The Folded Earth "by Anuradha Roy: ""
""The Folded Earth"is pure pleasure, that old fashioned sort of novel in which one can immerse oneself; an absolute treat." "Business World"
"A jewel of a story." "The Deccan Herald"
From the Back Cover
"He scrutinised my palm for long minutes, and I looked with him, as if I had never seen it before. It was creased, untidy, crowded with crosses and wild strokes slashing it in two. I have seen palms that have scarcely any lines. Mine was not one of them, far from it. I waited as if for a verdict.
`A veritable atlas,' he said, his fingers tracing the longer lines on my palm. `What rivers of desire, what mountains of ambition!'
`I wanted to... I mean I was hoping...'
`Want, want, hope, hope,' the astrologer parroted, `this is what your palm says too, moshai, your palm is nothing but an atlas of impossible longings.' He poked my lifeline and said, `Nothing but longing.'"
This is a love story - as passionate as it is poignant - about two people who find each other when abandoned by everyone else.
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