Sleeping on Jupiter
A India, Contemporary, Literary Fiction book. Don't you wish it could happen? Your mind wiped clean like a hard drive? Start again without memories? Anuradha Roy,...
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 A stark and unflinching novel by a spellbinding storyteller, about religion, love and violence in the modern world. A train stops at a railway station. A young woman jumps off. She has wild hair, sloppy clothes, a distracted air. She looks Indian, yet she is somehow not. The sudden violence of what happens next leaves the other passengers gasping.The train terminates at Jarmuli, a temple town by the sea. Here, among pilgrims, priests and ashrams, three old women disembark only to encounter the girl once again. What is someone like her doing in this remote corner, which attracts only worshippers?Over the next five days, the old women live out their long-planned dream of a holiday together; their temple guide finds ecstasy in forbidden love; and the girl is joined by a photographer battling his own demons.The full force of the evil and violence beneath the serene surface of the town becomes evident when their lives overlap and collide. Unexpected connections are revealed between devotion and violence, friendship and fear, as Jarmuli is revealed as a place with a long, dark past that transforms all who encounter it.
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Don't you wish it could happen? Your mind wiped clean like a hard drive? Start again without memories? Anuradha Roy, Sleeping on Jupiter //
anyone who loves Indian novels about women A mysterious girl, three old women, a photographer and a temple guard meet at Jarmauli, a coastal temple town. Each has his/her own past and fighting his/her own demons. Fate has brought them together at this small town and when their lives intersect, a crisp and page turning prose follows when you get to know more about each character.The... Overall, a good read. I loved the beginning which promised intrigue, exploration of small town India, especially a place I haven't been to, the solitary young traveller, train journey,the three old ladies and their camaraderie, the young temple guide with his secret, Raghu, the opportunistic tea vendor not, Jimmy the tea vendor, Duran,...
