The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay is the book I've been most disappointed by this year, probably because of all the hype around it and how much I was looking forward to reading it. Although parts are beautifully written, I never understood or liked the main character, Shalini.
She is a wealthy, naive young woman from Bangalore who goes to live for a time with a family in Kashmir, this part is semi-autobiographical. However, the choices she makes are hard to understand and they endanger all the people around her. At the same time, I never really learned anything about the real situation in Kashmir from reading this book. I felt frustrated and disappointed and I don't understand all the praise this book is getting. There are far better books coming out of India these days in my opinion.
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