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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

Originally published
  
2001

Genre
  
Philosophical fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Publication date
  
2001

OCLC
  
44676012

Author
  
Manil Suri

Publisher
  
W. W. Norton & Company

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Pages
  
295 pp (USA hardcover edition)

ISBN
  
0-393-05042-4 (USA hardcover edition)

Nominations
  
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Similar
  
Death books, Novels

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

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