by Jhumpa Lahiri · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499248405
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«Das Tiefland» is the literary novel by Jhumpa Lahiri published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (524 pages, in German).
Set in Calcutta and the United States, the novel follows brothers Subhash and Udayan: one joins the Naxalite rebellion of the 1960s and the other emigrates to pursue research. A family tragedy brings them back together, and its consequences ripple across generations between India and America.
Original: The Lowland (2013). German translation by Gertraude Krueger. Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015.
For readers of literary fiction and family sagas, including book clubs interested in stories with historical and political background.
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.
