LAND WHERE I FLEE
BOOK: LAND WHERE I FLEE
AUTHOR: PRAJWAL PARAJULY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
GENRE: FAMILY DRAMA NOVEL
PUBLICATION; QUERCUS, LONDON
PUBLISH DATE : 2015
After the success of the short stories collection "THE GORKHA'S DAUGHTER', Prawal Parajuly came with his first novel named "Land Where I Flee," in 2014. This novel is about family reunion and homosexuality. The novel is described about how family are brought together and slowly describes each characters and the problems they are facing.
On the other hand, the novel focuses on the lives of siblings who return to their home in Gangtok-to celebrate grandmother's 84th birthday.
Chitralekha who turns 84th birthday, wants to celebrate her Chaurasi with her family. She wants her grandchildren with her. She runs business and enjoys unnerving locals politicians. She is an admirable woman who raised her grandchildren by herself.
Bhagawati is elder child who is a Bhutanese refugee living in America. When she fails in her exam, she couldn't face Chitralekha so she elopes with the lower-caste guy.In addition to this, Chitralekha has chance to tease Bhagawati for marrying lower-caste guy. She travels from one place to another. She has a difficulties time as a dishwasher. Moreover, she is sensitive about her poverty.
Manasaa is living in London who is educated but dropped out of high school. Moreover, she is having a bitter and unhappy life for having a waste her ambitions to take care of an ill father-in-law.
Agastya is another siblings who is successful doctor lives in US. He is a bachelor and is pressurized to get married but hides his homosexuality and is living double life with his American boyfriend. Furthermore, nobody in his family knows what he does in New York neither his boyfriend knows what he does.
Prasanti, a maid of Chitralekha, is a homosexual. Chitralekha brought her when she was dancing in one of the wedding ceremony. Prasanti was born as a male with the name Prasant. He was interested been girl and ran from the home and joined the hijada group. He turned to be she and started to work with them.
After completing the novel, there will be two types of readers: one will totally dislike the book and feel little confusion about the story and second type of readers will love the story. And I am the second type of reader.
I love this novel because of the simple story and language. Another reason why I love this book is because of the characters. All the characters are beautifully portrayed. The characters which I loved are Chitralekha and Prasanti. I loved these characters because they are the strong characters. The way Chitralekha speaks and scolds are mind blowing. On the other hand, she is truly loyal to Gorkhaland and loves to work for the development of the place. She is typical human being who loves bedi.
Prasanti, on the other hand, is homosexual. She loves Neupaney Family and looks after them. Everyone in the family teases her. Although, she mind such things, she ignores it. She is happy for what she is. Nobody hates her and is very attached with Chitralekha. She makes fun of Prasanti but loves and cares her. The way the character of Prasanti is excellent. The readers loves her and feels sympathy on her.
So, the readers must read the novel as it reflects our culture. It is a simple story and have simple language. The characters are beautifully mentioned. It somehow shows the family 's importance and how they should be. So, the readers will enjoy the book through the end.
AUTHOR: PRAJWAL PARAJULY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
GENRE: FAMILY DRAMA NOVEL
PUBLICATION; QUERCUS, LONDON
PUBLISH DATE : 2015
On the other hand, the novel focuses on the lives of siblings who return to their home in Gangtok-to celebrate grandmother's 84th birthday.
Chitralekha who turns 84th birthday, wants to celebrate her Chaurasi with her family. She wants her grandchildren with her. She runs business and enjoys unnerving locals politicians. She is an admirable woman who raised her grandchildren by herself.
Bhagawati is elder child who is a Bhutanese refugee living in America. When she fails in her exam, she couldn't face Chitralekha so she elopes with the lower-caste guy.In addition to this, Chitralekha has chance to tease Bhagawati for marrying lower-caste guy. She travels from one place to another. She has a difficulties time as a dishwasher. Moreover, she is sensitive about her poverty.
Manasaa is living in London who is educated but dropped out of high school. Moreover, she is having a bitter and unhappy life for having a waste her ambitions to take care of an ill father-in-law.
Agastya is another siblings who is successful doctor lives in US. He is a bachelor and is pressurized to get married but hides his homosexuality and is living double life with his American boyfriend. Furthermore, nobody in his family knows what he does in New York neither his boyfriend knows what he does.
Prasanti, a maid of Chitralekha, is a homosexual. Chitralekha brought her when she was dancing in one of the wedding ceremony. Prasanti was born as a male with the name Prasant. He was interested been girl and ran from the home and joined the hijada group. He turned to be she and started to work with them.
After completing the novel, there will be two types of readers: one will totally dislike the book and feel little confusion about the story and second type of readers will love the story. And I am the second type of reader.
I love this novel because of the simple story and language. Another reason why I love this book is because of the characters. All the characters are beautifully portrayed. The characters which I loved are Chitralekha and Prasanti. I loved these characters because they are the strong characters. The way Chitralekha speaks and scolds are mind blowing. On the other hand, she is truly loyal to Gorkhaland and loves to work for the development of the place. She is typical human being who loves bedi.
Prasanti, on the other hand, is homosexual. She loves Neupaney Family and looks after them. Everyone in the family teases her. Although, she mind such things, she ignores it. She is happy for what she is. Nobody hates her and is very attached with Chitralekha. She makes fun of Prasanti but loves and cares her. The way the character of Prasanti is excellent. The readers loves her and feels sympathy on her.
So, the readers must read the novel as it reflects our culture. It is a simple story and have simple language. The characters are beautifully mentioned. It somehow shows the family 's importance and how they should be. So, the readers will enjoy the book through the end.
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