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Book at Bedtime: The Lowland

Indira Varma

Justine Willett

Sally Marmion

Jhumpa Lahiri

Book at Bedtime: The Lowland: Episode 9

The Lowland

Episode 9

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, The Lowland, Episode 9

Gauri is forced to confront her past after an unexpected letter from Subhash.

Indira Varma reads Jhumpa Lahiri's Man Booker-listed new novel, The Lowland, spanning India and America, and exploring the price of idealism and the enduring power of love.
It is the 1960s, and revolution has come to India and America. Two brothers, Subhash and Udayan, have been inseparable since birth, but their paths are diverging. Udayan - charismatic and impulsive - finds himself drawn to the Communist movement sweeping Bengal. He will risk all for what he believes. But Subhash, the dutiful son, leaves for a quiet life of study in America. But when Subhash learns what happened to his brother in the lowland outside their family's home, he returns to India, hoping to heal the wounds Udayan left behind.
Today: Gauri is forced to confront her past after an unexpected letter from Subhash.
Jhumpa Lahiri shot to fame with her Pulitzer-winning story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, followed by novel The Namesake and another collection, Unaccustomed Earth. The Lowland is her latest work, and has been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.
Reader: Indira Varma is an acclaimed stage, film and television actor. Her recent TV credits include: Rome, Luther and What Remains.
Abridger: Sally Marmion
Producer: Justine Willett.

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Jhumpa Lahiri's novel explores the price of idealism and the enduring power of love

Jhumpa Lahiri's Man Booker-listed new novel, which spans India and America, explores the price of idealism and the enduring power of love. Read by Indira Varma

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