About this title: The author of the acclaimed "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" takes readers to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency in Nepal challenges the old way of life--and opens up a grasping world of conflicting desires.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142818ISBN:0802142818
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. paperback, very clean pages, tight spine, light wear to covers. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 357 p. Audience: General/trade. I ship within 24 hours of your order, thank you! read more
Description: Good. This book has medium cover wear, light cover lift, spine creases, light spine tilt, light creases on covers, some page edge wear. I will ship this book out on the next business day! Each book individually hand cleaned. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142818ISBN:0802142818
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780802142818ISBN:0802142818
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
"Great narration. I don't think I'd have enjoyed the book as much if I had just read it. Lovely writing. And interesting to see a first hand glimpse of modern issues in northeast India."
"Another Mann Booker prize winner this time from India. The first, and perhaps longest, lesson of the book is a new, to me, kind of poverty - inherited. After that, we see a pattern of life of many people in India and how the least of them are treated, and how they treat each other including when the lucky few (in their eyes) get to the US. One fascinating insight is the Hindu attitude to Islam - that Islam is so strict and so counterintuitive to human behavior that no one actually follows it. The Hindu says, 'it makes them all hypocrites, they drink at home and try to look pius in public.' It is a fascinating book, well written, well plotted, well-'everything'. My lingering impression is that the author, who lives both in India and the US loves both passionately."
"It took me far too long to get to this book. Now I can't wait to get my hands on "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard". The characters are vivid and despite their sometimes disastrous flaws, deeply endearing. The Himalayan setting is invoked in lush and fragrant detail - while Harlem on the other hand is harsh, incomprehensible and pungent. The moral insight of the young author left me with plenty to think about, when eventually I extracted myself from the magic of the world she had created."
"Lovely novel - fit my mood at the end as I flew for endless hours from India to the US for my father's funeral. It was all so pointless and sad. Life leaves us with nothing at the end."
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