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. . . His father an atheist, a patrician, an incorrigible snob is living his last moments. Tan leaves the United States, where he has lived for many years, for his native province in India. In the Chamber of perfumes, redolent of the past, present and future, where lies the body of his father before the last rites, Tan realizes how much he is torn between Indian and American cultures. He recalls his university days in America during the rollicking sixties when he ...
This book is not about people you recognize. It is about those who resemble them. They are, therefore, unknowable. The only reality is the forest which, even after its disappearance, still remains mirrored in the sky. "An evocative cocktail of shikar, sex and metaphysics. The main strength of this first novel by Inderjit Badhwar is its originality, of both theme and style of writing. The character of the `Papa` figure is convincing because it is brawn with ...