The Death of Vishnu: A Novel Manil Suri
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

His first novel, The Death of Vishnu, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, nominated for the PEN Faulkner Award, the L.A. Submitted by Andrea Lutz, Director, Farmland Public Library The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. Ikke minst er det mange romaner der. Det finnes bokhyller fulle med bøker fra og om India. Å få en fullstendig oversikt er umulig, men det finnes gode råd for hvor man bør starte. Manil Suri was born in Bombay, India and moved to the United States when he was 20 years old. His latest novel is The Age of Shiva. Read: The Splendor of Silence, The Twentieth Wife Manil Suri (pictured) www.manilsuri.com What he writes: Novels that confront traditional and modern India. Manil Suri (born July 1959) is an Indian-American mathematician and writer, most notable for his first novel, The Death of Vishnu, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002. I just finished the novel The Death of Vishnu by writer Manil Suri, which I picked up on a whim in a thrift store. Times Book Award and the WH Smith Book Award. The book also contains the author's version of the Krishna Avatar at the start of each chapter from the birth to the death of Vishnu's 8th Avatar.