欧宝娱乐

This was an intriguing and compulsively readable book for me. For the first few chapters, I had a hard time following the different strands of the story of seemingly disparate lives from different parts of India at different time periods. But I found as I gave myself over to the narrative, it revealed itself to me - who the various individuals were and how they would eventually link up. I kept reading because the story was so intriguing and it was a bit like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle in order to get the larger picture of all of these characters, how they intersect with one another and the themes that carry throughout - coming-of-age, the political vs. the personal, the sweep of history and how larger events effect individuals in ways they might never expect, and how easy it is to hold onto past hurts and reject people who are potentially the closest to you. I learned a lot about India's history from its struggle for independence from Britain through the painful and violent partition to the wars between Pakistan and India in the 60s and 70s and the corruption and iron-fisted regime of Indira Gandhi. There's a lot to chew on in this book - characters are well written and the historical aspects are also fascinating. For those unfamiliar with India's history, the historical appendix provides a wealth of information to back up aspects brought up in the story.