China Room by Sunjeev Sahota | Goodreads Sahota follows up with a much shorter but just as emotional novel, CHINA ROOM This has been strong year of novels choosen by the Booker jury, but this is the first one I have deeply loved, entranced by the beautiful prose, the perfectly paced plot and the devastating conclusion
China Room: A Novel - Washington Independent Review of Books It’s difficult for me to write about Sunjeev Sahota’s sublime China Room with dispassion I am an Indian American woman who thinks often of my ancestors, their struggles and hardships informing my own life choices
Book Review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota | Deedi Reads China Room landed on my radar because it was longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize It’s only 250 pages long, and I ended up easily reading it in one day; the super-short chapters combined with the fast pace (at least for a ~Booker book~) really had me turning the pages
Summary and Reviews of China Room by Sunjeev Sahota In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide We have 10 read-alikes for China Room, but non-members are limited to two results
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota | Book review | The TLS The china room acquired its name from a set of six old willow-pattern plates arranged on a high shelf above the stone ledge and cooking fire The plates get smashed during an argument between Mai and her eldest son Jeet
All Book Marks reviews for China Room by Sunjeev Sahota China Room is the most personal of Sahota’s novels so far, a beautifully realized blend of fiction and memoir It ends with a photograph of the author’s great-grandmother holding him as a screaming baby
CHINA ROOM - Kirkus Reviews But the novel’s characters and plots remain frustratingly underdeveloped By including both storylines in this short novel, Sahota limits his ability to deeply explore either, and the result feels like a missed opportunity A beautifully written but narratively limited family saga
Reviews - China Room | The StoryGraph While the story of this book was interesting, I felt like it was too short with very little character development With the double timeline, there wasn’t a chance to get invested with them both Overall, it was still a quick read, but it left me wanting more
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota – Book Review - Nasher News Although China Room was thoroughly an enjoyable read, the constant shift from the present to the past was somewhat distracting and disrupted the flow of the story, we have given it a rating of 7 10
China Room - bookpage. com The man’s story somewhat echoes Mehar’s, and when he falls for a female doctor who’s more than a decade older than he, the local village is rife with gossip Through short chapters and sparse, tightly wrought prose, Sahota’s novel is both easy to read and difficult to put down