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The lowland by jhumpa lahiri book review5/21/2023 His good behavior does little to ease his suffering, however. While he often bemoans his own ordinariness and instinct to be dutiful in contrast to Udayan's rakish charm, when he marries, he becomes a sort of Everydad hero, providing for his family and caring for his daughter. While some of the characters in The Lowland spiral toward violence, bitterness or selfishness, Subhash grows increasingly conscientious and self-sacrificing. The only thing he’d altered was what their family had been.” Catastrophic circumstances force Subhash to make a long-delayed return to India, where he decides that Udayan has contributed “to a movement that had been misguided, that had caused only damage, that had been ruthlessly dismantled.
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