I finished reading "The immigrant" by Manju Kapur yesterday. Set in the 1970's its the story of a couple brought together by an arranged marriage. It is not a well written book by any standards. It has the stereotypical dysfunctions of a marriage but what makes it interesting to me is that it has aspects of being just an immigrant, not a married one, woven into the story.
Given the quality of writing, I was surprised to come across the best summary of being an immigrant in this last paragraph of the book : "Perhaps that was the ultimate immigrant experience. Not that any one thing was steady enough to attach yourself to for the rest of your life, but that you found different ways to belong, ways not necessarily lasting, but ones that made your journey less lonely for a while. When something failed it was a signal to move on. For an immigrant there is no going back."
May be its not just the immigrant who feels that way. May it just resonates with me and I happen to be an immigrant.
Given the quality of writing, I was surprised to come across the best summary of being an immigrant in this last paragraph of the book : "Perhaps that was the ultimate immigrant experience. Not that any one thing was steady enough to attach yourself to for the rest of your life, but that you found different ways to belong, ways not necessarily lasting, but ones that made your journey less lonely for a while. When something failed it was a signal to move on. For an immigrant there is no going back."
May be its not just the immigrant who feels that way. May it just resonates with me and I happen to be an immigrant.
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