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The House on East Canal Road
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ISBN10: 1665716916
ISBN13: 9781665716918
Publisher: Archway Pub
Published: Jan 21 2022
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781665716918
Publisher: Archway Pub
Published: Jan 21 2022
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Born into poverty, Kishan Chand Das marries his childhood sweetheart and builds a fortune, but in 1905, when India is firmly in the grip of the Raj, he abandons it all to fight British rule. His young family's survival is threatened. Willful Leela-his teenage daughter-in-law-and errant son Ishaan, gather the pieces but when the aged patriarch dies from beatings inflicted at a peaceful protest, the family is once again torn apart.
Journalist son Adrith leaves home to rouse the nascent Calcutta underground with fiery speeches and joins a revolutionary army. Fearless, outspoken, convent-educated Anita becomes the third generation Chand to continue the freedom fight, but she falls in love with the enemy-handsome Sergeant Ludlow. Can she, her family, and India, survive the hastily drawn line on a map far away, that cleaved houses, loved ones, and neighbors alike-the price of independence? An evocative, well-imagined portrayal of late-colonial India through one family's eyes.
- Kirkus Reviews Raman has an eye for historical detail, like Kishan's assessment of a train car (clean symmetrical lines, padded leather seats, side panels adorned with windows...the coach, designed and built by the American Car & Foundry Company...), and a solid grasp of the real history that shapes the lives of the fictional characters.
The writing is strong...the thoughtful exploration of the experience of colonialism makes the story a rewarding read...
- Kirkus Reviews
- Kirkus Reviews Raman has an eye for historical detail, like Kishan's assessment of a train car (clean symmetrical lines, padded leather seats, side panels adorned with windows...the coach, designed and built by the American Car & Foundry Company...), and a solid grasp of the real history that shapes the lives of the fictional characters.
The writing is strong...the thoughtful exploration of the experience of colonialism makes the story a rewarding read...
- Kirkus Reviews
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