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Mariner Books
May 2009
On Sale: May 12, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 0547237898
EAN: 9780547237893
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Fiction
When the Rajasekharan family’s rubber-plantation servant
girl is dismissed for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest
in a series of precipitous losses that have shaken
six-year-old Aasha’s life. In the space of several weeks her
grandmother passed away under mysterious circumstances, and
Uma, her older sister, left for Columbia University,
forever. Aasha is left stranded in a family, and a country,
slowly going to pieces. Circling through years of family history to arrive at the
moment of Uma’s departure, Evening is the Whole Day
illuminates in heartbreaking detail one Indian immigrant
family’s layers of secrets and lies, while exposing the
complex underbelly of Malaysia itself. Sweeping in scope,
exuberantly lyrical and masterfully constructed, Preeta
Samarasan's debut is a mesmerizing and vital achievement,
perfect as a reading group selection, and sure to earn her a
place alongside Arundhati Roy and Zadie Smith.
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