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'The Magnificent Ruins': Between excess and emptiness
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The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy is a sprawling exploration of one woman’s journey back to the house of her childhood. Lila De, a successful book editor based in Brooklyn, suddenly discovers that her grandfather has left her the old, somewhat crumbling but vast house in Kolkata. Her family, still living in that house, wants to know why it is hers. Lila decides to return to Kolkata. There, she encounters her difficult mother, an extremely complex grandmother, friendly cousins, and troubled,
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