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| Author | Manil Suri |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Philosophical novel |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 295 pp (US hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | 0-393-05042-4 (US hardcover edition) |
| OCLC | 44676012 |
| 813/.6 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.U725 D43 2001 |
The Death of Vishnu (2001) is a novel by Indian-American writer Manil Suri. The book is about the spiritual journey of a dying man named Vishnu living on a landing of a Bombay apartment building, as well as the lives of the residents living in the building.
Awards and honors
- 2001 Booker Prize, longlist
- 2001 Kiriyama Prize, finalist (fiction)
- 2002 McKitterick Prize, winner
- 2002 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, co-winner
- 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award, nominee
- 2002 ALA Notable Books for Adults
- 2002 Barnes & Noble, winner
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