Nabal Jami by Jhumpa Lahiri [Hardcover]

"Two brothers bound by a tragic event. A woman haunted by memories of the past. A country torn by rebellion. A love that remains alive even after death. Set against the backdrop of America and India, this is an unforgettable new novel that expands the scope and range of one of the most brilliant storytellers of our time: the widely-read author of The Namesake and Unaccustomed Earth. The age difference between them is only fifteen months. Subhash and Udayan are two brothers with a bond as close as one soul in two bodies. In the Kolkata neighborhood where they grew up, people often mistook one for the other. But they are also opposites, with different characteristics. Their futures also take separate paths. In the 1960s, the vibrant and passionate Udayan becomes involved in the Naxalite movement, which aimed to eradicate social inequality and poverty. He is ready to sacrifice everything and take every risk for his beliefs. Dutiful Subhash does not share his brother's political fervor. He leaves home and spends his life doing scientific research on a secluded coastal corner of America. But when Subhash hears what happened to his brother on a piece of fallow land outside their ancestral home, he returns to India in an effort to piece together the fragments of their shattered family and heal the wounds Udayan left behind, only to realize that deep scars remain in the heart of Udayan’s widow as well. Skillful, breathless, and intensely intimate, this novel is a story of great beauty and complex, impactful emotions; a captivating family saga; a narrative rooted in history that binds multiple generations and the geography of two continents with seamless authenticity. The Lowland is a testament to Jhumpa Lahiri's creative heights."