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It’S The Late 1960S, And Two Lovers Converge On An Arid Patch Of Earth In South India. John Walker Is The Handsome Scion Of A Powerful East Coast American Family. Diane Maes Is A Beautiful Hippie From Belgium. They Have Come To Build A New World - Auroville, An International Utopian Community For Thousands Of People. Their Faith Is Strong, The Future Bright. So How Do John And Diane End Up Dying Two Decades Later, On The Same Day, On A Cracked Concrete Floor In A Thatch Hut By A Remote Canyon? This Is The Mystery Akash Kapur Sets Out To Solve In Better To Have Gone, And It Carries Deep Personal Resonance: Diane And John Were The Parents Of Akash’S Wife, Auralice. Akash And Auralice Grew Up In Auroville; Like The Rest Of Their Community, They Never Really Understood Those Deaths. In 2004, Akash And Auralice Return To Auroville From New York, Where They Have Been Living With John’S Family. As They Re-Establish Themselves, Along With Their Two Sons, In The Community, They Must Confront The Ghosts Of Those Distant Deaths. Slowly, They Come To Understand How The Tragic Individual Fates Of John And Diane Intersected With The Collective History Of Their Town. Better To Have Gone Is A Book About The Human Cost Of Our Age-Old Quest For A More Perfect World. It Probes The Under-Explored Yet Universal Idea Of Utopia, And It Portrays In Vivid Detail The Daily Life Of One Utopian Community. Richly Atmospheric And Filled With Remarkable Characters, Spread Across Time And Continents, This Is Narrative Writing Of The Highest Order - A Heartbreaking, Unforgettable Story.
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Author
Akash Kapur
Number of Pages
368
Language
English
ISBN
9789392099526
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
Binding
Paperback
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