Atlas of Unknowns (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307389015)

An utterly irresistible first novel: The story of two sisters, the yearning to disappear into another country, and the powerful desire to return to the known world. - "Dazzling and deeply absorbing.... One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith's White Teeth." --San Francisco Chronicle

Linno is a gifted artist, despite a childhood accident that has left her badly maimed, and Anju is one of Kerala's most promising students. Both girls dream of coming to the United States, but it is Anju who wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in New York. She seizes it, even though it means lying and betraying her sister. When her lie is discovered, Anju disappears. Back in Kerala, Linno is undergoing a transformation of her own. But when she learns of Anju's disappearance, Linno strikes out farther still, with a scheme to procure a visa so that she can come to America to look for her sister and save them both.

Author: Tania James
ISBN-10: 0307389014
ISBN-13: 9780307389015
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.34w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/18/2010 pg. 28