Book Review - The Folded Earth - Anuradha Roy
Title: The Folded Earth
Review: This book started out with a good flow but about the half-way point it
slowed down. I had to push through the
pages to pick the story up again and with that the flow increased. The lives of the people living in this remote
area of India were interesting and diverse.
The sadness and loss I felt in the beginning returned at the end. Such heartbreak and despair for one person
seems unbearable.
The relationships Maya experienced in this book were varied and yet each
left its mark on her personality and life.
Friends, lovers, family, all of them made life difficult yet worth
living. I could feel Maya’s pain and loss. She is a character I may keep around
awhile. The ending hit me hard and I
have to say that I do not entirely disagree with Maya’s decision. She had been wronged in so many ways by
someone she thought loved her, one more wrong may just make a right. I wish the book had given me a better idea of
where Maya went and how her life turned out.
I enjoyed this book more than I did this authors first work, An Atlas of Impossible Longing. If you enjoy stories of life, loss, love and
finding peace, I think you will like this book.
If you enjoyed her first book then this is a must-read for you.
Publisher: Published April 24th 2012 by FreePress
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781451633337
Quick Review: 3 1/2 Stars out of 5.
Where Did I Read the Book:
Sent by the publisher
for review.
Synopsis: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2011
MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU LITERARY PRIZE FOR BEST
FICTION 2011 WITH HER DEBUT NOVEL, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, Anuradha
Roy’s exquisite storytelling instantly won readers’ hearts around the world,
and the novel was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington
Post and The Seattle Times. Now, Roy has returned with another masterpiece that
is already earning international prize attention, an evocative and deeply
moving tale of a young woman making a new life for herself amid the foothills
of the Himalaya. Desperate to leave a private tragedy behind, Maya abandons
herself to the rhythms of the little village, where people coexist peacefully
with nature. But all is not as it seems, and she soon learns that no refuge is
remote enough to keep out the modern world. When power-hungry politicians
threaten her beloved mountain community, Maya finds herself caught between the
life she left behind and the new home she is determined to protect. Elegiac,
witty, and profound by turns, and with a tender love story at its core, The
Folded Earth brims with the same genius and love of language that made An Atlas
of Impossible Longing an international success and confirms Anuradha Roy as a
major new literary talent.
Author Biography: Anuradha Roy was educated in Hyderabad, Calcutta and
Cambridge (UK). She is an editor at Permanent Black, an independent press
publishing in South Asian history, politics and culture. She lives mainly in
Ranikhet, India, with her husband Rukun Advani and their dog, Biscoot.
