Award-winning author Shobha Rao will come to the Wisconsin Book Festival to discuss her most recent book, “Indian Country,” but something else is on her mind as she returns to Madison for the first time in years as a writer.
Rao will come to Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St., this Saturday Oct. 25, where she will talk about her multi-layered book “Indian Country.” The most recent title from Rao is a murder mystery of sorts; she describes it, but it also delves into concepts of migration, identity, memory, and our relationships to land and water. The book follows the story of Javani and Saran, a couple from India who move to Montana after the latter accepts a job in the United States to dismantle a dam.
“What I tried to do with ‘Indian Country,’ which is new to me, is write a layered book,” Rao said. “On the surface, it’s about a young couple from India who don’t really want to be married to each other, but they end up married because of various circumstances.”…