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'Suri reveals an immense humanity and tenderness drawn by this compelling narrative, I read this marvelous book in one sitting' Kiran Desai 'Like Anna Karenina, The Age of Shiva is both intimate and epic a majestic story about love and its unexpected consequences' Amy Tan 'The Age of Shiva takes the raw, bright colours of the real India and softens them with a tender humanity borrowed from the mythology of a more ancient past' Independent on Sunday 'Captivating The Age of Shiva affirms Suri's position as a writer worth serious attention' New York Times
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India, 1955. As the scars of Partition are beginning to heal, seventeen-year-old Meera sits enraptured: in the spotlight is Dev, singing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. But when Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. Meera has no choice but to obey her in-laws, tolerate Dev's drunken night-time fumblings, even observe the most arduous of Hindu fasts for his longevity. A move to Bombay seems at first like a fresh start, but soon that dream turns to ashes. It is only when their son is born that things change and Meera is ready to unleash the passion she has suppressed for so long.
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Format:Paperback
At over 400 pages, this book is twice as long as it should be. It can be roughly split into a good half and a bizarre bad half.
I love books on India and this looked promising to begin with - the central character, Meena, ensnares her sister's boyfriend and lives to regret it. The trouble is that she isn't very likable - if fact a bit of a misandrist. Her lovely father who tries to do so much for her is ridiculed. Her husband and brother in law are portrayed as rather pathetic and her spineless son seems to have an almost Oedipus complex.
I found the politicization and the academic success of her mother and sister bizarre. The second half was just a vacuous political rant interspersed with tales of "poor me, poor me". Much more could have been made of the relationship with her sister in law and her childless marriage.
I would almost have expected this book to have been written by a "wimmin", so it was surprising that a man wrote it. Very disappointing.
I love books on India and this looked promising to begin with - the central character, Meena, ensnares her sister's boyfriend and lives to regret it. The trouble is that she isn't very likable - if fact a bit of a misandrist. Her lovely father who tries to do so much for her is ridiculed. Her husband and brother in law are portrayed as rather pathetic and her spineless son seems to have an almost Oedipus complex.
I found the politicization and the academic success of her mother and sister bizarre. The second half was just a vacuous political rant interspersed with tales of "poor me, poor me". Much more could have been made of the relationship with her sister in law and her childless marriage.
I would almost have expected this book to have been written by a "wimmin", so it was surprising that a man wrote it. Very disappointing.
Format:Hardcover
This book made me very angry at Meera, and her character. The book itself is not worth a read, and basically is a waste of time. Too many bad decisions, self pity, sexual tones where they were not tasteful, or even required.
Disappointing.
Disappointing.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had high hopes for this book, since its back cover was plastered with quotes from various newspapers. But it didn't take me long before I was starting to wonder if I was reading the same book as they had. Problems started on the first page - a highly sexualised description of breast feeding - and got worse from there. Meera, the main character, I found impossible to like. Her choices seemed to be based purely on what would cause the most problems for herself - problems she then blamed on other people. Her motivations seemed to be based purely on jealousy and competition, something which a skilled writer might have been able to make work with a stronger character, but Meera's passivity made her impossible to emphasise with. And that's without mentioning the downright disturbing relationship with her son (she developed strong sexual feelings for him and grew obsessed).
Although the descriptions are occasionally good, they are also far too long and numerous, slowing the pace down to a crawl. I found myself skimming much of it. Definitely not recommended.
Although the descriptions are occasionally good, they are also far too long and numerous, slowing the pace down to a crawl. I found myself skimming much of it. Definitely not recommended.
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Disgusting
I could have tried to digest the other behaviour but for the Sexualization of the relation beweeen a mother and son was the most disgusting.
Definitely do NOT recommend.
Definitely do NOT recommend.
Published on 26 May 2009 by SS
possessive selfish character
i am very dissapointed with this book. i found a lot of scenes between meera and her son, the way author described meera's love for her son disgustingly sexual. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2008 by Elena Eremina
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