Fiction
Verdict: Read it
Anita Nair is a recent find for me, and one I am thrilled to have come across.
Nair's book is about a man who moves to a village and gets into an odd friendship with a painter. Stuck in his traditional house with difficult family, the protagonist questions his life and what direction it will take.
After the local politician decides to rob the painter of his land, readers get a glimpse into how difficult village life can be. Politics, jealousy, exclusion, land grabbing - it makes one never want to live in a village. There is none of the usual romanticism about villages.
The book is very raw in a good sense, there's no frills or pretensions.
Read it.
Becky
Verdict: Read it
Anita Nair is a recent find for me, and one I am thrilled to have come across.
Nair's book is about a man who moves to a village and gets into an odd friendship with a painter. Stuck in his traditional house with difficult family, the protagonist questions his life and what direction it will take.
After the local politician decides to rob the painter of his land, readers get a glimpse into how difficult village life can be. Politics, jealousy, exclusion, land grabbing - it makes one never want to live in a village. There is none of the usual romanticism about villages.
The book is very raw in a good sense, there's no frills or pretensions.
Read it.
Becky
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