Review of As Fathers Go
Posted: 24 Apr 2023, 13:18
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "As Fathers Go" by Anandavalli Nair.]
Growing up in a society where women are treated unequally compared to men in the old village of Thalassery, located in India. Anandavalli, the only child of Janaki and Raghavan, also known as Achan in the novel, was a lawyer and public prosecutor during the year of Maoist and communist violence. He ensured that his only daughter got a quality education. Anandavalli lived a life without the memory of her beloved mother, Janaki, who died at an early age because of tuberculosis. That made Anandavalli fond of Achan, and Achan made his daughter fluent in English and Malayalam. He gave her all the love she could ever ask for, but Achan begins to slip away from her from 1942 when Achan was arrested and taken far away. How would Ammamma, Achamma, and Anandavalli react to this loss of a male figure and the breadwinner of the house? Grab a copy of the novel As Fathers Go by Anandavalli Nair to experience the author's journey of love, culture, and drama as she leaves her dear father in Thalassery and heads to Nigeria.
Raghavan Nair was my favorite character in this novel; irrespective of the home he was born in, he didn't let the superstitious belief that his family held affect his way of raising his child. I also admired his courage to send away any suitor that came to ask for Anandavalli's hand in marriage when she was still in college. He didn't want his daughter to be a housewife; he wanted a better life for her, the life that his wife Janaki didn't have. The love that Raghavan had for Janaki was beyond words. After the death of a wife, a man could still get married, but he refused to remarry because he didn't want to forget the experience he had with his beloved wife. Another thing I loved about this novel was the author's narrative style. Her unique writing style made this novel enjoyable and not tedious at any point.
There is no doubt about it; I couldn't find a single dislikeable fact about this novel. I admired Anandavalli's writing style, and although there was confusion about the names and Indian terms in this novel, the author made it easier to dissipate by introducing the english translation in this novel too.
As Fathers Go is a special work of art by Anandavalli Nair that takes the readers on the author's adventurous life. This novel deserves a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, and I will also state that it has been professionally edited, as I did encounter a single grammatical error in my course of reading this novel.
For lovers of non-fiction, history, and adventure genres, I would be glad to recommend this novel to these genres of readers. I would also recommend this novel to readers who love to read about father-daughter love.
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As Fathers Go
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Growing up in a society where women are treated unequally compared to men in the old village of Thalassery, located in India. Anandavalli, the only child of Janaki and Raghavan, also known as Achan in the novel, was a lawyer and public prosecutor during the year of Maoist and communist violence. He ensured that his only daughter got a quality education. Anandavalli lived a life without the memory of her beloved mother, Janaki, who died at an early age because of tuberculosis. That made Anandavalli fond of Achan, and Achan made his daughter fluent in English and Malayalam. He gave her all the love she could ever ask for, but Achan begins to slip away from her from 1942 when Achan was arrested and taken far away. How would Ammamma, Achamma, and Anandavalli react to this loss of a male figure and the breadwinner of the house? Grab a copy of the novel As Fathers Go by Anandavalli Nair to experience the author's journey of love, culture, and drama as she leaves her dear father in Thalassery and heads to Nigeria.
Raghavan Nair was my favorite character in this novel; irrespective of the home he was born in, he didn't let the superstitious belief that his family held affect his way of raising his child. I also admired his courage to send away any suitor that came to ask for Anandavalli's hand in marriage when she was still in college. He didn't want his daughter to be a housewife; he wanted a better life for her, the life that his wife Janaki didn't have. The love that Raghavan had for Janaki was beyond words. After the death of a wife, a man could still get married, but he refused to remarry because he didn't want to forget the experience he had with his beloved wife. Another thing I loved about this novel was the author's narrative style. Her unique writing style made this novel enjoyable and not tedious at any point.
There is no doubt about it; I couldn't find a single dislikeable fact about this novel. I admired Anandavalli's writing style, and although there was confusion about the names and Indian terms in this novel, the author made it easier to dissipate by introducing the english translation in this novel too.
As Fathers Go is a special work of art by Anandavalli Nair that takes the readers on the author's adventurous life. This novel deserves a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, and I will also state that it has been professionally edited, as I did encounter a single grammatical error in my course of reading this novel.
For lovers of non-fiction, history, and adventure genres, I would be glad to recommend this novel to these genres of readers. I would also recommend this novel to readers who love to read about father-daughter love.
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As Fathers Go
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon