Nancy W. - reviewed on 6/3/2008 + 27 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

The less you know about India ,the more you will enjoy this book. Do not misunderstand me, it is because you will be intrigued,enchanted and unable to stop reading about these Indian characters in India. Six or seven pages into the novel, you will know in advance the book isn't going to be long enough...and it is a seriously thick book. This novel is akin to a cultural introduction via fiction. This novel is an approachable history of Partition, that will tear at your heart and make you wonder why this is never taught in High school history. This book entertains, explains and has the ability to let you be a fly on the wall of a culture that is, on the exterior, inexplicable. These characters are so real, I partly believe they must live somewhere! Vickram Seth is simply brilliant, he is utterly readable, get this book...live in a place you may never see, understand motives of an unwed Indian girl and a skirt-chasing handsome Indian bachelor. Every page a revelation.

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