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Author Potluri, Annapurna, 1979-

Title The grammarian / a novel by Annapurna Potluri.

Publication Info. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2013]
©2013

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F POTLURI ANNAPURNA    Check Shelf
Description 257 pages ; 24 cm
Summary In 1911 Alexandre Lautens, a French scholar of linguistics, voyages to the eastern Indian coastline to study the Telugu language in hopes of publishing a textbook. He boards with the wealthy Adivi family and develops a bond with the older daughter Anjali, a polio survivor. When Alexandre helps Anjali fulfill a childhood wish, this brief moment of heroism collides with cultural differences that put the family's reputation at stake. Alexandre is forced to leave Anjali and the Adivi home behind. The two protagonists go on to lead extraordinary lives, but their thwarted relationship remains a source of both sorrow and joy.
Subject Philologists -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
India -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN 9781619021020 hardback
1619021021 hardback
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