Posted by Sterling on 7/6/2009, 15:00:34, in reply to "Re: A Suitable Boy"
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I found, to my amazement, that I wanted the book to be longer! (Or for there to be a sequel.) I wanted to know if Pran's illness returns and whether Savita becomes a lawyer. Kabir is simply abandoned. What becomes of him? Thank heavens the charges against Maan were dropped, but what now? What of poor Tasneem? Suicide, incest, attempted murder all swirl around her. Does she reach a safe harbor? And so on.
In his little rhyming couplets for each chapter in the table of contents, Seth coyly implies that the book is ended "--at least for now." I hope there is more to come.
I agree with most of your assessments, Guillermo, although I wanted Lata to marry Kabir, because he is her passion. Obviously the religiously mixed marriage is a problem, but they may have the strength to be able to cope.
Mrs. Rupa Mehra is pretty scary. However, I thought Seth opened a touching window into her heart in the passages following her receipt from Meenakshi of the hated lacquer box.
I, too, was shocked by the revelation of the affair between Maan and Firoz. Maan seemed to have healthy (or, as may be, unhealthy) heterosexual drives. However, it certainly paid off in the stabbing scene. It is as if Maan is betrayed by two lovers at once.
And yes, I would like to hang out with the Chatterjis. Obnoxious, true, but definitely fun.
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