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The Grammarian (2013)

by Annapurna Potluri(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1619021021 (ISBN13: 9781619021020)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Counterpoint

review 1: I found this to be an amazingly assured debut. The prose here is so rich and supple; what's most impressive is the sheer amount of dimension--within individuals, and between them, and politically/historically, and even the way language is plumbed and investigated. Some of the shifts between perspective and both so sudden and so subtle that we at once have a resonance of an experience from multiple perspectives. While this isn't a new technique, I usually find it quite jarring, and it can take a reader out of a story. Potluri's intuitive sensibility is right on. All about lost and impossible possibilities, this reader felt yearning so admirably translated.
review 2: This is an extraordinary debut novel by a very clever storyteller. The engaging story of a F... morerench philologist who lives with a family in India at the turn of the 20th century iis enriched by historical details that expand the context beyond the immediate time period and the usual East-West conflicts. This is a many layered novel. I won't spoil a future reader's experience by revealing more about the story and its conclusion which I found very powerful. less

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