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Red Earth and Pouring Rain

by Vikram Chandra · 1995

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Combining Indian myths, epic history, and the story of three college kids in search of America, a narrative includes the monkey's story of an Indian poet and warrior and an American road novel of college students driving cross-country.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 542 pages

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