num_pages: 373
description: Vishnu lies unconscious in the stairs of a building in Bombay in which he works as a doorman. Tired, drunk and poor, nobody wants to become responsible for him. As he lies dying, he drifts through increasingly vivid scenes from his past. The apartment where Vishnu spends his final hours acts as a microcosm of Indian society loaded with humor and tenderness. Description in Vishnu yace inconsciente en las escaleras del edificio de Bombay en el que trabaja como portero. Descastado, borrachín y pobre, nadie quiere hacerse responsable de él. En el momento en que los vecinos encuentran su cuerpo agonizante, la narración se abre ante los ojos del lector como un fresco colorista, cargado de humor y ternura, que refleja en su aparente sencillez la complicada estructura de la India, su sistema de castas, el conflicto religioso y la espiritualidad del hinduismo ilustrada en sus mitos.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La muerte de Vishnu
titlecomplete: La muerte de Vishnu
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Indian Literature, Literature, India, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 9111
series: The Hindu Gods
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: McKitterick Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Rolf Heyne Buchpreis, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Punto De Lectura