Bøker av Vivek Shanbhag

From a master of contemporary Indian fiction, an expertly crafted and taut family drama, set over the course of four days. But maybe Venkat needs to look a little further back: at the early days of his marriage to her mother Viji?

As the narrator - a sensitive young man who is never named - along with his sister, his parents, and his uncle move from a cramped, ant-infested shack to a larger house and encounter newfound wealth, the family dynamics begin to shift.