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Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold: the warring housewives on the first floor, lovesick teenagers on the second, and the quietly grieving widower on the top floor of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.
Blending incisive comedy with Hindu mythology and a dash of Bollywood sparkle, The Death of Vishnu is an intimate and compelling view of an unforgettable world.
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Myth Meets Reality in Mumbai Apartment House -  |
The Death of Vishnu: A Novel Review |
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Manil Suri crafts compelling tableaux of the mundane and extraordinary lives of the residents in a Mumbai apartmenthouse in vignettes that ascend the floors along an intricate staircase of Hindu myth. His characters read as authentic human beings with lofty ideals, sympathetic insecurities, petty conflicts, and instinctive passions, and many of the interactions among characters are downright funny.
Basic introductory level knowledge of the Hindu creation cycle prior to reading will enhance the reader's experience of Suri's balance of the temporal and metaphysical worlds of the novel. I recommend Donna Rosenberg's World Mythology for brief, yet thorough treatment. (Last time I checked, the excerpt/chapter was available online.) |
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2nd time not the charm -  |
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This was a highly dissapointing follow-up to a shockingly good debut. In short, after the first chapter...it was all down-hill from there.
The story of a head-strong girl comming of age during India's partition and her disasterous marriage are simply new clothes on an old empress-how many times have we read this tale? The convoluted Father/Daughter relationship lays the groundwork for the incestuous Mother/Son incident that is (yawn) the pivitol point of the book. The charactors are flat and very few take on a life outside the page. It became clear,after the middle, that the author was having a hard time trying to sustain the voice of a female protagonist. The voice becomes shrill, repetative and whining- a real bore to read and even the son fails to arouse sympathy within the framework of the tale. Better luck elsewhere.... |
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beautiful book - |
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I loved this novel. It's very visually stimulating insomuch as it paints vibrant picture's in the mind's eye. Bits of it read like poetry. |
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