Sleeping on Jupiter explained

Sleeping on Jupiter
Author:Anuradha Roy
Cover Artist:Mónica Reyes Álvarez
Country:India
Language:English
Set In:Jarmuli, India
Publisher:Hachette India
Pub Date:15 April 2015
Media Type:Print (hardback and softback), e-book, audio
Pages:256
Awards:2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Isbn:978-93-5009-936-0
Isbn Note:(hardback)
Oclc:919002742

Sleeping on Jupiter is a novel by Anuradha Roy. It is her third novel and was published by Hachette India on 15 April 2015.[1] It was longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2015 The Hindu Literary Prize. It won the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Summary

Nomi Frederiksen travels to Jarmuli, a temple town in India's coastal northeast, to produce a documentary film. Nomi was born in India but was later orphaned, and sent to an ashram in Jarmuli. She was subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse while at the ashram. She later escaped and was adopted, moving to Norway. She meets three old women while on a train, Gouri, Latika, and Vidya. Her production assistant, Suraj, is Vidya's son and is troubled by his ongoing divorce. The chapters alternate between Nomi's first-person narration and third person narratives following the novel's secondary characters.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews praised the first-person narration of Nomi but criticized the secondary characters for doing "nothing to move the story forward" and wrote that the novel lacked a "satisfying resolution."[2]

Publishers Weekly wrote "the overlapping stories make for a rich and absorbing consideration of where the past ends and the present begins."[3]

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sleeping On Jupiter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150910060043/https://www.hachetteindia.com/TitleDetails.aspx?titleId=45090 . 10 September 2015 . 12 November 2020 . Hachette India.
  2. Web site: 21 June 2016 . Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy . 12 November 2020 . Kirkus Reviews.
  3. Web site: 4 July 2016 . Fiction Book Review: Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy . 12 November 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
  4. News: The Hindu Prize 2015 Shortlist . The Hindu . 31 October 2015 . 2 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Man Booker Prize announces 2015 longlist | The Booker Prizes. thebookerprizes.com. 12 November 2020. 2 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210702162723/https://thebookerprizes.com/news/2015/07/29/man-booker-prize-announces-2015-longlist. dead.
  6. News: Indian author Anuradha Roy wins USD 50,000 DSC Prize . Business Standard . 16 January 2015 . 16 January 2016. Press Trust of India .
  7. Web site: 15 October 2015 . 6th edition of Tata LitFest to begin from Oct 29 . 14 November 2020 . . en.
  8. Web site: Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize - BLF 2015 - Bangalore Literature Festival . 14 November 2020 . bangaloreliteraturefestival.org.