'A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.' Independent 'A masterpiece of illumination and grace. Like all great fiction, it transforms our understanding of life.' Guardian 'Magical.' New York Times 'Monumental.' Time 'Astonishing.' Wall Street Journal
WINNER OF THE 1997 MAN BOOKER PRIZE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The quality of Ms. Roy’s narration is so extraordinary—at once so morally strenuous and so imaginatively supple—that the reader remains enthralled all the way through.”—The New York Times Book Review “A novel of real ambition must invent its own language, and this one does.”—John Updike, The New Yorker