The Lowland
by Jhumpa Lahiri
2013/ 354 pages
rating:  8.75 / contemp – India

This looked and felt like promising from the end of the very short first chapter where it says:

Certain creatures laid eggs that were able to endure the dry season. Others survived by burying themselves in mud, simulating death, waiting for the return of rain.

Already I could sense the themes and this was validated in the following chapters; connections between brothers,  the differences between them when they plant themselves in different environments,  etc.  >>>>MORE>>>>