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A story of sisterhood set on the background of the 1947 partition of India, Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an author I featured before on my blog is developing one of my favorite literary motives: life of everyday people in times of tremendous historical changes.
An event with significant regional and national impact, the partition is reflected in the everyday life of a doctor´s family in a Bengali village. The sisters, one of them married with a Muslim, are turned into mirrors of such global events, dramatically shaking their everyday life and in the end, their destiny. Gender and religious prejudices, violence and heartbreaking choices echo towards the story which is dense still able to keep a certain story structure despite the complex plot lines.
The book is built with a fine attention to psychological details, allowing the reader to enter into the skin of the characters and therefore to understand at a great extent the ways in which such historical events may impact psychologically the individual lives.
However, first and foremost, Independence is a story well told, with interesting characters that will remain with you for a very long time, a reflexion about innocent destinies caught in the windmills of history.
A special note to the cover which offers an adequate visual representation of the story.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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