Evening Is the Whole Day
by Preeta Samarasan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- USED Good
- ISBN 10
- 061887447X
- ISBN 13
- 9780618874477
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Montclair, New Jersey, 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Montclair Book Center (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 196621
- Title
- Evening Is the Whole Day
- Author
- Preeta Samarasan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- USED Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 061887447X
- ISBN 13
- 9780618874477
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- May 2008
- Pages
- 340
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