The Better Man is an astonishing book. It is tender, lyrical, humorous and insightful. In Anita Nair’s capable hands the exotic setting comes alive and becomes familiar and we see our struggles and triumphs reflected in the lives of these marvelous characters....
These women’s life stories give an insight into expectations of married Indian women, the choices they make and the choices made for them. Anita Nair’s story-telling is superb and each woman could easily spawn a novel of her own. …There is a strong message...
Nair’s is no tourist novel… a deeply serious, enjoyably lucid book about real terrors and joys, full of sensual and surprising details. Scotland on...
Nair conveys her protagonists’ dilemmas with a freshness and charm that makes her story more than just the predictable feminist homily it might appear. She is particularly good on the domestic details such as lazy Sunday lunches, a family row, the sights, sounds...
The intimate setting gives a new spin on the tradition of the woman’s confessional, marking out Nair as a writer to watch. Giles...
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