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    Audiobook9 hours

    The Folded Earth

    Written by Anuradha Roy

    Narrated by Sneha Mathan

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    About this audiobook

    For Maya, a young widow trying to escape her complicated past, teaching school in a secluded mountain village offers a promise of peace. Here she feels close to the calm heart of the land, where lush foothills meet clear skies. In the evenings she teaches a peasant girl, Charu, to write so she can correspond with her lover in secret. As Maya finds out, however, no refuge is remote enough to keep out the modern world, or her own past. The community she has grown to love comes under attack when powerful outsiders hijack the local elections, dividing the villagers and threatening Charu's family. And when Maya's landlord's charming nephew sets up shop nearby, Maya is drawn to him despite her better instincts-and soon finds herself questioning everything she has ever known.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateApr 24, 2012
    ISBN9781611207743
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    The Folded Earth
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    Anuradha Roy

    Anuradha Roy is the author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, The Folded Earth, Sleeping on Jupiter, and All the Lives We Never Lived. She is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the DSC Prize for Fiction, the Crossword Prize, and the Tata Book of the Year Award. She has been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Man Asia Prize. Her books have been translated into more than 15 languages. In 2020, she was conferred the Nilimarani Sahitya Samman for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Literature. She works as a graphic designer at Permanent Black, an independent press she runs with Rukun Advani. She lives in Ranikhet, India.

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    • 5/5
      Set in the northern hill country, this is the story of a young widow who flies from the city to teach in this remote location, hoping to escape her unresolved grief concerning the death of her young husband in a trekking accident. But she finds that we cannot escape the past by moving. Beautifully written, this book drew me in. As many reviewers have noted, the basic story is very sad, but, as with all stories of grief, there is hope for healing and for new young lovers to have a better life.
    • 5/5
      This book took you on a journey that was rich with nuances of complexity and emotional intelligence. The setting and characters are so vivid and well developed, all the elements of a great story are here! I enjoyed the way the author weaved so many characters together and told the story in a deeply intelligent and sophisticated way. Bravo!
    • 2/5
      I really wanted to like this - I loved an Atlas of Impossible Longing - but this just wasn't working for me.
    • 5/5
      Book Title: "The Folded Earth”Author: Anuradah RoyPublished By: Free PressAge Recommended: 18+Reviewed By: Kitty BullardRaven Rating: 5Review: Maya has moved to the foothills of the Himalaya’s to find peace and serenity. She soon realizes that to keep what she has found, she’ll have to fight. If Maya can’t save her sanctuary, she may find her peace shattered and end up tossed back into the old life she escaped. This book has it all, drama, suspense, romance, and excitement. This is a beautiful story that will take you by surprise.
    • 5/5
      The narrator was excellent...it was like being in ranikhet ..
    • 5/5
      Book Title: "The Folded Earth”Author: Anuradah RoyPublished By: Free PressAge Recommended: 18+Reviewed By: Kitty BullardRaven Rating: 5Review: Maya has moved to the foothills of the Himalaya’s to find peace and serenity. She soon realizes that to keep what she has found, she’ll have to fight. If Maya can’t save her sanctuary, she may find her peace shattered and end up tossed back into the old life she escaped. This book has it all, drama, suspense, romance, and excitement. This is a beautiful story that will take you by surprise.
    • 4/5
      What I can tell you about The Folded Earth is this: Roy writes about life, loss and forbidden loves. Much the same as her first novel, but in this case she concentrates on varying characters. Her open door into the lives of the Indian culture, what is allowed, and what is not is brilliantly written. She brings the reader along for the ride with exotic descriptions and explanations. The twist in her ending is a tragedy and a relief, yet it leaves you wanting more. More descriptions, more debauchery and more forbidden love.If you love her first book you will certainly enjoy this one as well!I highly recommend it!
    • 4/5
      The first 100 or so pages of this started out as strong as An Atlas of Impossible Longing, which I absolutely loved reading last year. I remember now why I love Anuradha Roy's writing so much - it comes off as enchanting and magical, and she says everything so eloquently and with occasional large words. I love how she interworks details from Indian history, archaeology, and culture with the main point of the story. But, unfortunately, I did not think that this book was anywhere near as fantastic as Roy's previous novel. The plot was very slow-paced, and if not for Roy's great writing, I would probably have been bored enough to struggle finishing the book. The storyline meandered, never truly reaching what was expected from reading the book's blurbs. I didn't feel like the story and characters were as well-developed as they could have been, and the overall plot seemed to be missing some cohesive element. I think, on the last page, I finally grasped SOME of the points Roy was trying to make with the novel. The Folded Earth is worth a read - Roy's writing is still wonderful and there are some interesting points to the book - but if you're choosing between it and An Atlas of Impossible Longing, go with the latter!