Vivek Shanbhag (1) (1963–)
Auteur de Ghachar Ghochar
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Vivek Shanbhag, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 470
- Popularité
- #52,371
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 26
- Langues
- 8
The unnamed narrator begins by explaining his relationship to Vincent, a waiter at the nearby Coffee House, who seems to be a sort of guru who can understand his customers without needing to be told their troubles. Naïvely, he takes a random comment from Vincent as advice and breaks up with his girlfriend Chitra on the strength of it. It turns out that this is typical of our narrator's inability to take responsibility for his own life.
A second reading of this short novel shows just how unreliable he is as a narrator.
(He says) he goes to the Coffee House for a respite from domestic skirmishes.
These skirmishes have come about as the family transitions from poverty into the middle class. The family had been close, had shared what little they had, and had lived in harmony together despite their privations. When Venkatachala, his father’s younger brother took the initiative and started up a spice business, it brought improvements in their standard of living — and joy —that was shared by them all.
[caption id="attachment_127115" align="alignright" width="150"] Chivda, a snack made from fried cashews, golden raisins, rice poha, peanuts and coconut slices.[/caption]
However, because they depend on Chikkappa for their income, this displaces the traditional hierarchy of family relationships. Appa, the traditional head of the family is sidelined...
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