A review by jaclyncrupi
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota

4.0

Sahota, in each of his books, vividly captures moments of life in India and the lived experience of the Indian diaspora. His work is specific and detailed and heartbreaking. His characters live difficult lives of pain and sacrifice and toil. China Room is a novel of family ties, lies, love and sadness. It looks at the lives of a few young women and men in India in 1929 and 1999 and the stories and bloodlines that connect them. It is an incredibly complex story told in a very simple way.