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Anirvan Chatterjee Dec 28, 2023

5/x Fave reads of 2023…

I bought Canadian writer Anita Anand's "A Convergence of Solitudes" by mistake, but it turned out to be maybe my favorite read of the year.

It's a lovely multigenerational novel set in 1970s Quebec about Desi immigration, French Canadian nationalism, music, and memory.

This was one of the very few times a book inspired me to write fan mail.

https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/anita-anand/a-convergence-of-solitudes-by-anita-anand/

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N.A. Ratnayake Aug 20, 2023

Recently finished THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA by Shehan Karunatilaka. Thanks to my mother for the gifted book! I tore through it, and posted a review here: https://www.naratnayake.com/2023/08/book-review-the-seven-moons-of-maali-almeida/

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Anirvan Chatterjee Jul 4, 2023

Update: "A Convergence of Solitudes" by Canadian novelist Anita Anand was *so good*, easily one of my favorite reads this year.

It's nominally a family novel, but really about music, nationalism, and memory, spanning India, Quebec, and Vietnam, in ways that felt really unexpected. I wish this novel could have gone on for a little longer.

There absolutely needs to be more buzz about this:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-convergence-of-solitudes-anita-anand/17381240

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Anirvan Chatterjee Jul 2, 2023

I'd excitedly ordered A Converge of Solitudes, the first novel by Anita Anand, one of my fave history writers.

Halfway through, I realized it wasn't by UK Anita Anand, but Canadian Anita Anand. And not Canada's defense minister Anita Anand, but Montrealer Anita Anand https://anitaanand.carrd.co

Despite my confusion, the book's *really* good so far, a multigenerational story about Desi immigration, Quebec nationalism and Asian adoptees. So glad I stumbled on this.

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