num_pages: 301
description: Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing. Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold: the warring housewives on the first floor, lovesick teenagers on the second, and the quietly grieving widower on the top floor of the building. In a fevered state Vishnu looks back on his love affair with the seductive Padmini and wonders if he might actually be the god Vishnu, guardian of the entire universe. Blending incisive comedy with Hindu mythology and a dash of Bollywood sparkle, The Death of Vishnu is an intimate and compelling view of an unforgettable world.
language: English
title: The Death of Vishnu
titlecomplete: The Death of Vishnu
genres: Indian Literature, Fiction, Asia, Literature, India, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 9114
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: Harper Perennial