Posted by Steven
on 22/4/2009, 21:33:34, in reply to "Re: A Suitable Boy"
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I just finished it, so now my wrists get a rest. The story becomes especially captivating in the final third, so find a comfortable nook.
Yes, it is very much like a 19th Century novel. I especially see similarities with the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope.
Does anyone know anything about cricket? The scoring alone sounds perplexing with scores like 268-0. And yet most matches seem to end in a tie.
--Previous Message--
: I have read a third or so of the huge book, and it got
: me trapped. I'm enjoying it so much, it's like my
: favorite novels of the XIX Century, with epic
: proportions, lots and lots of characters well created,
: tons of subplots and intertwining of them. I finished
: our April book, "The Black Tulip", early son
: that I could read as much as I could of Suitable Boy.
: I will go on until it's time to read our May book.
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: So far: Kabir OK, Haresh OK, Amit is a lazy guy and
: Lata's family is not wealthy, Maan I don't like.
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: --Previous Message--
: Here is an unexpected link between one of our novels
: and
: today's news: A Suitable Boy is set in India shortly
: after its independence from Britain and the
: partitioning off of Pakistan. One of the themes
: running through the book is the passage of the
: Zamindari Act which confiscates the estates of wealthy
: landowners and gives peasants title to the land they
: have been working. Recently there was this news item
: concerning Pakistan which indirectly referenced the
: Zamindari Act:
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: "The Taliban’s ability to exploit class divisions
: adds a new dimension to the insurgency and is raising
: alarm about the risks to Pakistan, which remains
: largely feudal.
:
: "Unlike India after independence in 1947,
: Pakistan maintained a narrow landed upper class that
: kept its vast holdings while its workers remained
: subservient..."
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: Lale, you said you are halfway through the book. Who,
: at this point, do you think is most
: "suitable" for Lata? Kabir? Amit? Haresh?
: Maan?
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: If she were my sister, I would encourage her feelings
: for Amit, but I may be biased because I like his
: sister Meenakshi. I always (in books and movies, at
: least) go for the haughty glamorous types.
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