Columbia University Press
Lakshmi’s Secret Diary
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Sheela Mahadevan is lecturer in French and Francophone studies at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews
Translating a text as subtly complex as Ari Gautier’s Lakshmi’s Secret Diary with the litheness of Sheela Mahadevan’s English is a considerable accomplishment. In her translation, Gautier’s Pondichéry is rich with unforgettable characters, history, and wisdom.
Geetanjali Shree, International Booker Prize-winning author of Tomb
of Sand:
Fusing history, memory, mythology, and the immediate present,
Lakshmi’s Secret Diary is Ari Gautier’s gift to a lost humankind.
Meditative and melancholy, whimsical and funny, it breaks free of its location in
colonial Pondicherry to meditate on the human condition, on fate and freedom and
choice. It lingers long after you’ve read it.
Ananda Devi, author of The Living Days:
This is a tale that goes back through the ages, but that reaches
out to us, now, as we subjugate nature to our own ends. Filled with humour, it is
nonetheless heart-breaking.
Maryse Condé, author of Segu and I, Tituba,
Black Witch of Salem:
What a magnificent and original novel, introducing the reader to a
dreamlike world where the nature of India plays a major role.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Chapter Ten
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Chapter Eleven
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Chapter Twelve
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Chapter Thirteen
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Chapter Fourteen
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EPILOGUE
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TRANSLATOR’S AFTERWORD
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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