![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, a good 100 pages are spent describing these differences in character of the brothers. Subhash is a sensible and pragmatic son with little political sensibility, who decides to move to America for his studies, while Udayan is radical and the more daring son, who joins the Naxalite Movement in Bengal. The novel spans for four generations of the same family and two continents. It begins with two brothers, Udayan and Subhash, as they navigate life in Tollygunge, Calcutta, though Udayan dies fairly early on in the novel. The Lowland is American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s second novel. ![]() The novel’s only saving grace is Lahiri’s immaculate prose. It hopes to accomplish a lot with its narrative but fails to deliver in more ways than one. Lahiri’s second novel The Lowland is a beautifully written book about love, rebellion, and relationships. ![]()
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