The Zigzag Way

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Publicerades 15 april 2006

ISBN:
978-0-618-61980-1
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The Zigzag Way is a 2004 novel by Anita Desai. The novel is about an American academic and writer who goes with his girlfriend to Mexico and rediscovers his passion for fiction writing.

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3.5/5.

A slightly feverish story of 20th century colonialism that goes both ways, of Cornish miners emigrating to Mexico and fleeing the revolution, and of their children returning as rich tourists two generations later in search of Themselves. Peyote used more as an established metaphor than an actual drug. I really like Desai's writing, but the novel feels underdeveloped for all the different viewpoint characters she introduces.