BOOK REVIEW: LATITUDES OF LONGING by SHUBHANGI SWARUP
GET LOST IN THE VERSE OF THIS MAGNUM OPUS! A HIMALAYAN DEBUT! BOOK: Latitudes of Longing AUTHOR: Subhangi Swarup PUBLISHER: Harper Collins RELEASE DATE: 31/7/2018 Blurb: SHORTLISTED for 'The JCB PRIZE for Literature 2018' LONGLISTED for 'DSC PRIZE 2019' An astounding exploration of intense longings, Shubhangi Swarup's novel begins in the depths of the Andaman Sea, and follows geological and emotional faultlines through the Irrawaddy delta and the tourist-trap of Thamel, to end amidst the highest glaciers and passes of the Karakorams. The story sweeps through worlds and times that are inhabited by: a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who talks to them; Lord Goodenough who travels around the furthest reaches of the Raj, giving names to nameless places; a geologist working towards ending futile wars over a glacier; octogenarian lovers; a superstitious dictator and a mother struggling to get her revolutionary son released; a yeti who ...