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Historical FantasyHistorical Fiction

The Last Song of Dusk

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  • 2004 first published
  • 304 pages
  • 13 editions
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The Last Song of Dusk is a 2004 historical fantasy and historical fiction novel by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi. Much of the action takes place in Bombay, India. It deals with physicians, death, physicians' spouses and married people.

27 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 13 editions.

It runs to roughly 304 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Last Song of Dusk

"Anuradha Patwardhan is a young woman of such legendary beauty the peacocks line up to bid her farewell when she leaves her family home to meet her future husband. As part of her dowry, she carries with her a gift for singing songs so alluring, it is said even the moon listens. Her suitor, Vardhmaan, is a well-to-do doctor so handsome, serious, and dashing that girls feign fevers to be examined by him. If it seems only a fairy-tale marriage could benefit such a couple, The Last Song of Dusk tells the far darker and deeper story of a love shaped by kismet - fate - and freighted with tragedy, passion, and loss. When their first child dies in a horrible accident, their lives begin to unravel, and they seek to start anew in a heartbroken old villa by the sea, where their second child is born. Into their family comes a willful girl with a taste for scandal and a trace of leopard blood in her veins. With her in their midst and shaking up Bombay's status quo, they learn to navigate the ever-changing landscape of love."--BOOK JACKET.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Bombay, India

Subjects

  • Physicians
  • Death
  • Physicians' spouses
  • Married people
  • Parent and child
  • Loss, Psychology
  • Children
  • Historical
  • India
  • Psychological
  • Family life
  • Sagas
  • Historical fantasy

Quick answers

Who wrote The Last Song of Dusk?

The Last Song of Dusk was written by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi and first published in 2004.

What genre is The Last Song of Dusk?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Historical Fiction.

How long is The Last Song of Dusk?

The median edition has 304 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Last Song of Dusk?

Readers who like it often enjoy Circe, Stardust and Cloud Atlas.

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