Review of 'Things We Found During the Autopsy [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2017] Kuzhali Manickavel' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
"What's India like?" they'll ask as myriad images flip through your head, searching for themes or images or adjectives that might satisfy a question which demands a please-less-than-one-short-paragraph answer despite standing as inquiry to a three thousand year old civilization spanning three million square kilometres crammed full, at present, with over one point three billion humans.
I have so repeatedly failed to describe India in any meaningful way to friends overseas that I've largely stopped trying. Until now, I couldn't even point to a book that might help them get an idea. But this is the book. This book is India.
This book is also Canada. It's nostalgic in strange ways that I'm not sure were intentional... images mirror Shel Silverstein books of my childhood and phrases like "lint-covered cinnamon hearts" simply mirror my childhood directly.
I am very curious which of these paradoxical images will strike you as you …
"What's India like?" they'll ask as myriad images flip through your head, searching for themes or images or adjectives that might satisfy a question which demands a please-less-than-one-short-paragraph answer despite standing as inquiry to a three thousand year old civilization spanning three million square kilometres crammed full, at present, with over one point three billion humans.
I have so repeatedly failed to describe India in any meaningful way to friends overseas that I've largely stopped trying. Until now, I couldn't even point to a book that might help them get an idea. But this is the book. This book is India.
This book is also Canada. It's nostalgic in strange ways that I'm not sure were intentional... images mirror Shel Silverstein books of my childhood and phrases like "lint-covered cinnamon hearts" simply mirror my childhood directly.
I am very curious which of these paradoxical images will strike you as you read the book. Strike with that feeling in your chest that repeatedly made me say out loud "This! I can't believe she thought to write THIS down!" Lint-covered cinnamon hearts, indeed. <3