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Jhumpa Lahiri explores the bond between two Indian brothers whose lives are divided between India and America, tracing how politics, exile, and personal choices redefine their identities and relationships. The novel begins in the 1960s in Calcutta, when both are involved in revolutionary movements, and extends across decades to the United States, where the reverberations of that era catch up with them.

With sensitivity and depth, Lahiri dissects loyalty, regret, and the cost of belonging, offering an intense narrative about how the past permanently marks the present.

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