Evening Is the Whole Day

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Publication Year:
2009

ISBN-13: 9780547526126

<DIV><B>A &ldquo;psychologically acute and boldly plotted&rdquo; tale of a wealthy, dysfunctional family in Malaysia (<I>Booklist</I>, starred review).</B><BR /><BR /> Set in Malaysia, this internationally acclaimed debut novel offers an unflinching look at relationships between parents and children, brothers and sisters, the wealthy and poor, a country and its citizens&mdash;all through the eyes of the prosperous Rajasekharan family.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> When Chellam, the family&rsquo;s rubber-plantation-bred servant girl, is dismissed for unnamed crimes, her banishment is the latest in a series of losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha&rsquo;s life. A few weeks before, Aasha&rsquo;s grandmother Paati passed away under mysterious circumstances and her older sister, Uma, departed for Columbia University&mdash;leaving Aasha to cope with her mostly absent father, bitter mother, and imperturbable older brother.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Moving backward and forward in time, <I>Evening Is the Whole Day</I> explores the closely guarded secrets that haunt the Rajasekharans: What was Chellam&rsquo;s unforgivable crime? Why was Uma so intent on leaving? What did Aasha see? And, underscoring all of these mysteries: What ultimately became of her father&rsquo;s once-grand dreams for his family and his country?<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A&#160;delicious first novel&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. [Samarasan&rsquo;s] ambitious, spiraling plot, her richly embroidered prose, her sense of place, and her psychological acuity are stunning.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>The New York Times Book Review</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A surpassingly wise and beautiful debut novel about the tragic consequences of the inability to love.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Booklist</I>, starred review<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;The language bursts with energy.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I></DIV>