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First published 2013

The Lowland

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Women's Prize 2014 · Shortlist Booker 2013 · Shortlist NBA Fiction 2013 · Finalist

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Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds.

Prize history

Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 Shortlist
Booker Prize 2013 Shortlist
National Book Award for Fiction 2013 Finalist

ISBN 9781408850039 · 9780676979367 · 9781299859319

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Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 shortlist

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Winner
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The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt
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Booker Prize 2013 shortlist

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Eleanor Catton

Winner
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On the same finalist

National Book Award for Fiction 2013 finalist

The Good Lord Bird

James McBride

Winner
Bleeding Edge

Thomas Pynchon
Tenth of December

George Saunders
The Flamethrowers

Rachel Kushner

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