A little over a decade old now, The Toss of a Lemon is Viswanathan’s debut novel. It’s an ambitious, expansive undertaking of over pages; the story’s timeline spills over many decades, and has a huge cast. There’s really not a singular core storyline, which makes for /5. Padma Viswanathan is the author of two novels, a book length translation, and numerous short works of fiction and nonfiction. This is her official web site. Check out Padma's resources for book clubs. Padma Viswanathan is author of the novel The Toss of a Lemon. Become a member. We are a public forum committed to collective reasoning and imagination, but we can’t do it without you. Join today to help us keep the discussion of ideas free and open to everyone, and enjoy member benefits like our .
Praise for THE TOSS OF A LEMON: "Padma Viswanathan has real talent." -- The New York Times Book Review "A brilliant tour de force." - India Today "Viswanathan's book, like Rushdie's work, aims for epic status. But it actually achieves something that is in many way more nuanced than the broad brushstrokes of an epic: a meditation on fate's. Praise for THE TOSS OF A LEMON: "Padma Viswanathan has real talent." -- The New York Times Book Review "A brilliant tour de force."- India Today "Viswanathan's book, like Rushdie's work, aims for epic status. But it actually achieves something that is in many way more nuanced than the broad brushstrokes of an epic: a meditation on fate's workings in a family dominted by the quiet rule of one. Padma Viswanathan's first book, The Toss of a Lemon, is a treasure that I will not part with. It is a family saga that begins with Sivakami Patti, a 10 year old Bramin girl who is engaged to marry and move to Cholopatti, India to live with her husband when the time is right.
Padma Viswanathan is author of the novel The Toss of a Lemon. Become a member We are a public forum committed to collective reasoning and imagination, but we can’t do it without you. Padma Viswanathan joins us to talk about her beautiful new book The Toss of a Lemon, which gives us a richly detailed and intimate vision of an India we've n. The Toss of a Lemon is a swim through southern Indian culture, religion, politics and social change in the early to midth century. The lifelong experiences and relationships of Sivakami, a teenaged Tamil Brahmin widow, her extended family and servants depict in detail the hardships and comforts of a rigid, yet evolving system of expectations, limitations, privileges and taboos.
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