Sunday, May 27, 2012

Lingering Tides by Latha Viswanathan


Lingering Tides is a collection of short stories that take place all over the world.  Places such as Canada, U.S., India, and Japan.  Most of the characters are from India and focus on the immigrant experience in new lands.  The characters are all unique and complex, yet seem somewhat familiar.

Viswanathan uses humor and empathy to really bring her characters to life.  Her writing brings author,  Jhumpa Lahiri to my mind. Her poetic prose is beautiful and descriptive, place in the reader right in each story.  Her descriptions bring out the lushness of the surrounding such as in India in the story Brittle, my favorite story in the collection.  In Brittle a young girl's relationship with the elderly couple that lives next door to her grandmother's house.  She learns that everything is always as it seems, especially to a little girl.  You can read my review, here.
This short story collection should not be passed up.  Highly recommended!

5/5
Short Story Monday is hosted by John at The Book Mine Set.




Posted by Teddy Rose at 9:00 PM  

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6 comments:

Ohhh, I love short stories in international settings. This would be perfect.

John Mutford said... May 29, 2012 at 5:45 AM  

John, me too! I love to read books that take place in places all over the world.

Teddy Rose said... May 29, 2012 at 9:28 PM  

I love immigrant stories, probably because I am an immigrant myself. This sounds great!

Perogyo said... May 31, 2012 at 8:17 AM  

Perogyo, I immigrated from the U.S. to Canada, but that doesn't count. I have always loved immigrant stories.

Teddy Rose said... May 31, 2012 at 9:14 PM  

This sounds like a great collection of short stories! I would love to read about stories that take place in India or Japan :)

YWLiang said... June 16, 2012 at 7:44 PM  

Sounds like a nice collection

bn100 said... December 8, 2013 at 1:26 PM  

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