I am almost at the end of Isabel Allende's 'A long petal of the sea'. She sure can paint images with her words! There is such a flow in her work, that it took me on a journey to places I have never been to, in times gone by.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Had to start this book a second time before I really got into it. It creeps into you like rain forest dampness. Very evocative and very powerful. While the setting is Kerala, in tropical southern India, it could be anywhere rural and stifling. I thought of the American deep south more than once. Strikingly original writing — but not an easy read.
This is a strange book, there is no main plotline in it, though a human's life is a plotline per se. Despite it, this is one of the most impressive books for me. It's definitely a masterpiece.