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357 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007182145
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: 01 February 2009
Description
With an imaginative audacity and lyrical brilliance that puts him in the company of David Mitchell and Alexander Hemon, Rana Dasgupta paints a portrait of a century through the story of a hundred-year-old blind Bulgarian man in a first novel that ...
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dark 50%
informative 50%
mysterious 50%
reflective 50%
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No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%Diverse cast of characters?
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Graphic
Suicide, Death, Police brutalityModerate
Child death, Antisemitism, Sexual violenceMinor
Vomit, Excrement, Genocide
357 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780007182145
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication date: 01 February 2009
Description
With an imaginative audacity and lyrical brilliance that puts him in the company of David Mitchell and Alexander Hemon, Rana Dasgupta paints a portrait of a century through the story of a hundred-year-old blind Bulgarian man in a first novel that ...
Community Reviews Summary of 104 reviews
Moods
sad 100%
dark 50%
informative 50%
mysterious 50%
reflective 50%
Pace
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 100%Strong character development?
No: 100%Loveable characters?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Suicide, Death, Police brutalityModerate
Child death, Antisemitism, Sexual violenceMinor
Vomit, Excrement, Genocide