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The Archer: A Novel by Shruti Swamy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Archer: A Novel about?
“Set in 1970s Bombay, the novel explores art, ambition, gender roles & class with the same shimmering prose of Swamy’s first book, the story collection A House Is a Body.” — San Francisco Chronicle“[A] sublime, boundary-pushing exploration of sexuality, creativity, & love.” — NPRIn this transfixing novel, a young woman comes of age in 1960s- & 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex & indelibly rendered. Vidya’s childhood is marked by the shattering absence & then the bewildering reappearance of her mother & baby brother at the family home. Restless, observant, & longing for connection with her brilliant & increasingly troubled mother, Vidya navigates the stifling expectations of her life with a vivid imagination until one day she peeks into a classroom where girls are learning kathak, a dazzling, centuries-old dance form that requires the utmost discipline & focus. Her pursuit of artistic transcendence through kathak soon becomes the organizing principle of her life, even as she leaves home for college & falls in complicated love with her best friend. As the uncertain future looms, she must ultimately confront the tensions between romantic love, her art, & the legacy of
Who reads The Archer: A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Shruti Swamy
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781649040770
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
