Voices in the City

Voices in the City

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Author: Anita Desai
Publisher: Vision/Orient paperbacks
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 257
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8122200532

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Based on the life of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta, it is an unforgettable story of a Bohemian brother and his two sisters caught in the cross-currents of changing social values. This fascinating novel, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award describes the corrosive effects of city life upon an Indian family.

This fascinating novel describes the corrosive effects of city life upon an Indian family. Brought up in luxury by an over-indulgent mother, Nirode settles down in Calcutta and becomes absorbed into its bohemian life, while his elder sister, Monisha lives out a servile existence within the rigid confines of a traditional Hindu life. Their younger sister arrives from the country and becomes involved with an artist; but the outcome of this and the dreadful decision Monisha eventually takes, makes this novel a doubly haunting and a consummate work of art.

Based on the life of the middle class intellectuals of Calcutta, it is an unforgettable story of a Bohemian brother and his two sisters caught in the cross-currents of changing social values. In many ways the story reflects a vivid picture of India's social transition — a phase in which the older elements are not altogether dead, and the emergent ones not fully evolved.

REVIEWS :
…grips the reader from the very first page…..Calcutta evidently can be as good a center of Bohemians as Paris…a readable novel, without many false notes.
—Tribune

…has a vitality that highlights a compulsive creative talent….There is a convincing fury about this novel.
—Sunday Times, London

…succeeds in creating a living, imaginative and eloquent impression of India today.
—The Times, London

...The novel is a vivid picture of India's social transition.
- Deccan Herald