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Chargement... Las colinas del tigre (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition) (original 2010; édition 2011)par Sarita Mandanna (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreTiger Hills par Sarita Mandanna (2010)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna is a story of India based on a love triangle between the beautiful, spirited Devi, the intelligent, quiet Devanna, and the manly tiger killer, Manchu. The story is set in and around the author’s own birthplace in South West India, the district of Coorg. Devi and Devanna were close childhood friends, but at the age of 10 Devi met Devanna’s cousin, a young man being hailed as a hero for killing a tiger. Devi declared that this young man would be her future husband and she never wavered from that idea. Devanna on the other hand was desperately in love with Devi and in the heat of betrayal and disappointment he forces the issue and thus condemns all three of them to a bitter and disappointing life. While the bulk of the story line deals with the passions and failures of love, there is a lot more to this book. The district of Coorg is described with it’s jungles, mountains and coffee plantations along with the age-old customs of the clans and relations with European settlers. The book covers six decades and many historical events, but it is the heartbreak and regret of the three tortured people at the heart of the book that sets the tone. Tiger Hills was an ambitious saga and although at times it seemed to verge into melodrama, this multi-generational story held my attention with it’s vivid cultural details, exotic setting and interesting characters. Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in a Goodreads giveaway. It's hard to write a review when there's nothing wrong with the writing, but you hate the main character. The writing flows nicely, and the author has a talent for describing people's personalities with nice turns of phrase. I just can't completely love a book when I intensely dislike the main character (Devi). There's not one redeeming characteristic in this woman. Did a terrible thing happen to her? Yes, definitely. Was she spoiled and self-obsessed both before and after the terrible event? Unfortunately, yes. Having a bad thing happen to you doesn't give you the right to treat everyone else like garbage for the rest of your life. If the point of the book is "Don't be like this person!", it succeeds brilliantly. I'll certainly keep an eye out for future books by Sarita Mandanna, hopefully with more likeable characters. Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in a Goodreads giveaway. It's hard to write a review when there's nothing wrong with the writing, but you hate the main character. The writing flows nicely, and the author has a talent for describing people's personalities with nice turns of phrase. I just can't completely love a book when I intensely dislike the main character (Devi). There's not one redeeming characteristic in this woman. Did a terrible thing happen to her? Yes, definitely. Was she spoiled and self-obsessed both before and after the terrible event? Unfortunately, yes. Having a bad thing happen to you doesn't give you the right to treat everyone else like garbage for the rest of your life. If the point of the book is "Don't be like this person!", it succeeds brilliantly. I'll certainly keep an eye out for future books by Sarita Mandanna, hopefully with more likeable characters. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: A Suitable Boy meets Gone with the Wind in this sweeping, romantic debut novel set on a coffee plantation in southern India at the turn of the twentieth century. As the first girl born to the Nachimada family in over sixty years, the beautiful Devi is adored by her entire family. Strong-willed and confident, she befriends the shy Devanna, a young boy whose mother has died under tragic circumstances. The two quickly become inseparable, until Devi meets Machu the tiger killer, a hunter of great repute and a man of much honor and pride. Soon, they fall deeply in love, an attraction that drives a wedge between Devi and Devanna. It is this tangled relationship between the three that leads to a devastating tragedyâ??an event that changes their fates forever and has unforeseen and far-reaching consequences for generations to come. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Devi can be a very unlikeable character especially how she deals with the boys and how she cannot forgive sweet Devanna. But the novel is so well written I could put up with her !!! ( )