The Death of Vishnu
Manil Suri
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
In Manil Suri's debut novel, Vishnu, the odd-job man, lies dying on the staircase of an apartment building while around him unfold the lives of its inhabitants: warring housewives, lovesick teenagers, a grieving widower. In a fevered state, Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
June 18, 2012
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.1 X 0.9 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393342826
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About the Author
Manil Suri is a distinguished mathematics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Author of three acclaimed novels, including The Death of Vishnu, he is a former contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, for which he has written several widely read pieces on mathematics. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Reviews
A remarkable literary debut [that] reads like the work of a highly skilled and experienced practitioner of the writer's craft.
Vivid and engrossing...A work of fiction that seems not only universal but absolutely cosmic.--Francine Prose
Enchanting...Masterfully created...No telling detail or private vanity escapes the author's comic yet infinitely compassionate scrutiny.
Vibrantly alive, beautifully written, and full of wonderfully rich and deeply human characters.--Michael Cunningham
Vivid and engrossing...A work of fiction that seems not only universal but absolutely cosmic.--Francine Prose
Enchanting...Masterfully created...No telling detail or private vanity escapes the author's comic yet infinitely compassionate scrutiny.
Vibrantly alive, beautifully written, and full of wonderfully rich and deeply human characters.--Michael Cunningham
