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Alice Albinia's honors include a Somerset Maugham Award, the Royal Society of Literature/Jerwood Prize, and the Dolman Travel Prize 2009. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, the Financial Times, and elsewhere. She lives in England.

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Lila, una bella mujer de misterioso pasado, vuelve a Delhi desde Nueva Cork, veinte años después, para asistir a la fastuosa boda de una sobrina de su marido. Su regreso desempolva hechos del pasado y vuelve a remover relaciones enfriadas por la falta de contacto y por la lejanía emocional. Enredos de familia con desenlaces sorprendentes, un soberbio retrato de la sociedad india actual, con las luces y sombras generadas por las diferencias de casta y religión, y el contrapunto irónico del narrador que no es ni más ni menos que Ganesh, el dios con cabeza de elefante, que mueve los hilos del destino en un intento por salvar a Lila, su amada heroína, de su taimado enemigo Vyasa.… (altro)
 
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Natt90 | 1 altra recensione | Jun 21, 2022 |
The book is very readable. However, it was spoiled by the author devoting a whole chapter on following Alexander's footsteps. It just shows her admiring views of Alexander, who was no better than Genghis Khan or Attila the Hun. She also did not write much about the Vedas or the Tribal people where the Indus starts. Overall, it is a well-written book.

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Very well written book.
 
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sujitacharyya | 11 altre recensioni | Sep 25, 2021 |
I didn't really enjoy this book. I just couldn't feel for its characters and mixed them up. I also struggled with the mythical Indian gods and avatars as fantasy is not my thing. I did learn about Indian culture and received a good insight into the history of the closeness in Indian families something I admire very much,
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Smits | 1 altra recensione | Sep 13, 2020 |

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8
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393
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#61,674
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3.9
Recensioni
14
ISBN
28
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