Manil Suri

India,1955: as the scars of Partition are just beginning to heal, in Ramjas College, Delhi, seventeen-year-old Meera is enraptured. In a spotlight, a handsome young man, Dev, is singing a song that is redolent with a longing, a hunger, that is thrillingly new to her. Beside her sits her older sister Roopa: the favourite, the beauty, her fairness tonight enhanced by clusters of gold at her ears, and a glossy streak of forbidden lipstick. Later, jilted by Roopa, it is to Meera that Dev turns for comfort. Though their hasty marriage enrages her father, who has always been ambitious for his daughters, Meera takes on her new role without a murmur, suppressing her bitter regret, obedient to her new in-laws, fasting according to Hindu ritual and tolerating Dev''s drunken night-time fumblings. A move to Bombay, so Dev can chase his dream of success as a Bollywood singer, seems at first like a fresh new start, but as that dream - and their marriage - turns to ashes, he is more often to be found gazing into the bottom of a glass at Auntie''s Place than in a recording studio. But when their son Ashvin is born, everything changes.A sweeping epic that follows the fortunes of one family as it follows the fortunes of India in the violent aftermath of Partition, The Age of Shiva is the powerful story of a country in turmoil and an extraordinary portrait of maternal love.

Following his debut novel "The Death of Vishnu," Suri returns with a mesmerizing story of modern India richly layered with themes from Hindu mythology.

Mîra a 17 ans quand elle rencontre Dev, un jeune et beau chanteur qui rêve de s''imposer à Bollywood. Nous sommes en 1955, la jeune République indienne a tout juste cinq ans. Bien décidée à ravir Dev

Novedad Marzo 2001Vishnu yace aparentemente inconsciente en las escaleras de un edificio de Bombay. Descastado, borrachín, siempre pobre, ha desempeñado más mal que bien las tareas de portero del inm

Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. In his fevered state, he looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini while around him is played out the drama of the apartment block dwellers. Blending Hindu mythology with acutely observed social detail and a dash of Bollywood sparkle, THE DEATH OF VISHNU is a breathtaking debut.

Vishnu és un home que viu en un dels replans de lescala dun edifici de Bombai i es dedica a fer feines domèstiques o petits encàrrecs per als veïns, especialment per a les famílies Asrani i Pathak, l