A review by jcpdiesel21
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

4.0

Powerful and emotionally resonant. I haven't read anything by Lahiri in such a long time that I had forgotten how effortlessly beautiful her writing is, and this sweeping saga is no exception. The characters here are well defined and have strong, engaging individual voices that I enjoyed following. I had trouble getting into the book at first since I found the political history of India documented at the beginning a little dry and difficult to digest, but its inclusion is necessary as groundwork and determines much of the characters' fates. The story contains an abundance of tragedy, yet there are glimmers of hope scattered throughout.