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7 best books like Evening Is the Whole Day (Preeta Samarasan): Such a Long Journey, The Shadow Lines, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, Passage, Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom, The Gift of Rain, The Circle of Reason

Such a Long Journey
AuthorRohinton Mistry
ISBN0771061315
It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father’s ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable...
The Shadow Lines
AuthorAmitav Ghosh
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families—one English, one Bengali—as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the...
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
AuthorLola Shoneyin
ISBN0061946370
African-born poet Lola Shoneyin makes her fiction debut with The Secret Lives of Babi Segi’s Wives, a perceptive, entertaining, and eye-opening novel of polygamy in modern-day Nigeria. The struggles, rivalries, intricate family politics, and the interplay of personalities and relationships...
Passage
AuthorConnie Willis
ISBN0553580515
A tunnel, a light, a door. And beyond it ... the unimaginable.

Dr. Joanna Lander is a psychologist specializing in near-death experiences. She is about to get help from a new doctor with the power to give her the chance to get as close to death as anyone can.

A brilliant young neurologist,...
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
AuthorKatherine Eban
ISBN0062338803
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticals

Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs...
The Gift of Rain
AuthorTan Twan Eng
ISBN1905802056
Set in Penang, 1939, this book presents a story of betrayal, barbaric cruelty, steadfast courage and enduring love.

The recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell. Set during the tumult of World War II,...
The Circle of Reason
AuthorAmitav Ghosh
ISBN0618329625
Amitav Ghosh’s extraordinary first novel makes a claim on literary turf held by Gabriel García Márquez and Salman Rushdie. In a vivid and magical story, The Circle of Reason traces the misadventures of Alu, a young master weaver in a small Bengali village who is falsely accused of terrorism. Alu...
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