The Shadow Lines: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh
By Amitav Ghosh
From the acclaimed writer of Sea of Poppies, a singular weaving heritage and reminiscence jointly to create “a infrequent paintings that balances formal ingenuity, center, and mind” (New Republic)
Opening in Calcutta within the Sixties, Amitav Ghosh's radiant moment novel follows families—one English, one Bengali—as their lives intertwine in tragic and comedian methods. The narrator, Indian born and English knowledgeable, lines occasions from side to side in time, from the outbreak of worldwide warfare II to the overdue 20th century, via years of Bengali partition and violence, gazing the ways that political occasions invade deepest lives.
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But I guess that’s not the point now, is it? ” The Slip Once she was gone, I downed another cola, then took a hot shower and shaved. I was down to the bottom on just about everything—soap, shampoo, shaving cream. I stepped out of the shower and dried my hair, rubbed on body lotion, cleaned my ears. Then to the kitchen to heat up the last of the coffee. Only to discover: no one sitting at the opposite side of the table. Staring at that chair where no one sat, I felt like a tiny child in a De Chirico painting, left behind all alone in a foreign country.
Such things happened often enough, so how could I think her leaving me was anything out of the ordinary? The long and the short of it was, it was up to her. “The long and short of it is, it’s up to you,” I said. It was a Sunday afternoon, as I dawdled with a pull-ring from a beer can, that she came out with it. Said she wanted a divorce. ” she asked, releasing her words slowly. “No, either way is not fine with me,” I said. ” “If you want to know the truth, I don’t want to leave you,” she said after a moment.
Sex with her with her ears exposed was an experience I’d never known. When it was raining, the smell of the rain came through crystal clear. When birds were singing, their song was a thing of sheer clarity. I’m at a loss for words, but that’s what it was like. ” I once asked her. “Of course not,” she said. ” “A duty. Dry and tasteless, like chewing newsprint. But that’s okay. ” “Then you ought to show them,” I said. ” For sure, there were a lot of things I didn’t understand at all. For instance, the reason why she treated me special.