Complex sentence: The book is part of a trilogy (along with "The Village" and "The Sword and the Sickle") that chronicles the life of Lalu as he struggles to rise from the bottom of Indian society.
Split into simpler sentences: The book is part of a trilogy (along with "The Village" and "The Sword and the Sickle"). It chronicles the life of Lalu as he struggles to rise from the bottom of Indian society.