The Lives of Others

Description

The aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household made up of their five adult children and their respective children unaware that beneath the barely ruffled surface of their lives the sands are shifting Each set of family members occupies a floor of the home in accordance to their standing within the family Poisonous rivalries between sisters in law destructive secrets and the implosion of the family business threaten to unravel bonds of kinship as social unrest brews in greater Indian society This is a moment of turbulence of inevitable and unstoppable change the chasm between the generations and between those who have and those who have not has never been wider The eldest grandchild Supratik compelled by his idealism becomes dangerously involved in extremist political activism an action that further catalyzes the decay of the Ghosh home Ambitious rich and compassionate The Lives of Others anatomizes the soul of a nation as it unfolds a family history at the same time as it questions the nature of political action and the limits of empathy It is a novel of unflinching power and emotional force