The Track of the Wind

Surya Trilogy #3

by Jamila Gavin

This final volume in THE WHEEL OF SURYA trilogy sees Jaspal and Marvinder reunited with their mother in India, but their fight for independence goes on, despite their father.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

About the author

Jamila Gavin was born in Mussoorie, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas, to an Indian father and an English mother. Jamila has written many books with multicultural themes for children and young adults. She won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award in 2000 and was runner-up for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Her work has been adapted for stage and television. Jamila Gavin lives in England.

Reviews

[Deniiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

منتظر بودم هر سه تا کتاب مجموعه رو بخونم تا بعد درموردشون صحبت کنم.
اولین بار راهنمایی بودم که خوندمشون. چیز زیادی از داستان یادم نمومده بود ولی یادمه که اون موقع خیلی از داستان خوشم اومد و باهاش گریه هم کرده بودم. یه جاهایی از داستان خیلی روم تاثیر گذاشته بود و بعد از این همه سال وقتی داشتم دوباره میخوندمشون، تصویری که اون موقع تو ذهنم ازشون ساخته بودم دوباره جون گرفت.
داستان با این که جزو کتابای YA یا نوجوون حساب میشه، ولی برای من همچنان جذابیت خودشو داشت. تصویر شفاف و کاملی که از هند زمان جنگ جهانی میده، از مکان ها، بوها، رنگ‌ها، زشتی‌ها و قشنگیاش آدمو ناخودآگاه میکشه تو داستان. پلات توییست‌های داستان ممکنه برای مخاطب بزرگسال تا حدودی واضح و قابل حدس زدن باشه ولی باز هم با این حال چیزی از حس قشنگ داستان کم نمیکنه.
نمیخوام چیزی جز خلاصه‌ی داستان (که همینجا تو صفحه‌ی کتاب هم نوشته شده) بگم که چیزی ازش اسپویل نشه. فقط این که به نظرم ارزششو داره حداقل یه بار بخونیدش. یا اگر دور و برتون نوجوون علاقمند به کتاب دارین، میتونه هدیه‌ی خیلی قشنگی براش باشه (کتاب اول مجموعه‌ی من هم هدیه بود و هروقت به داستان فکر میکنم، به کسی که بهم هدیه دادتش هم فکر میکنم و خیلی حس قشنگیه)

[Niloufar Lily Hassanzadeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

چقدر این سه گانه رو دوست داشتم. جلد سوم غافلگیری های زیادی داشت. درست مثل زندگی واقعی

[Maryam · Rating 4 out of 5]

جذاب. تلخ.
پیشنهاد می کنم سه جلدش رو بخونید.

معلوم بود نویسنده ش تو انگلیس بزرگ شده. خیلی دوست دارم یه رمان درباره تجزیه هند رو از زبان یه هندی که تو هند بزرگ شده بخونم.

[sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the final book of the surya Trilogy. Malvinder and her family are all safe in India back in their massive village home after the partition between the Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. But things are not looking good. Marvinder's father wants her to get married as soon as possible and he isn't happy that Marvinder's brother Jaspal is bunking of school.
My favourite character is Marvinder because she is determined to get a say in her life. She wants girls to choose when they want to get married, she thinks education is more important and she fights for girls equality.
This book is a book that I enjoyed reading. It is a little confusing because there are many characters and sometimes it's hard to keep track of all of them. I would recommend this book to all ages and anyone who likes stories from the past.

[Rhiannon Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable book - a quick read with warm characters. Some of them do bad things but this is so firmly set against a background of tragedy and war that all is forgiven and the last impression is of the strength of family ties (even ones traditionally difficult, like step-parent or long-lost relation) and the positive power of international and interfaith friendship. Even while the problems created by British colonialism and the division of India and Pakistan are explored, the possibility of friendship and even love between Sikhs and Muslims and between Indian and British or American individuals is held open.

[Rachel Brand · Rating 5 out of 5]

The third and final book in the Surya trilogy. I adored these books when I was twelve, even though they in no way represented my own Indian heritage. I remember finding the ending a bit inconclusive, but it did let me make my own choices about the characters. And this didn't stop me from frequently rereading these books. Also, I'm fairly certain I had a massive crush on the Irish boy - I think his name was Patrick?

[Azar Ali Zain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a wonderful read. My favorite lines from the book, which still reverberate within, are:
"Wishes are like wild flowers. They sprout up - they don't care where; in ditches and wastelands; in neglected gardens; in forests and wildernesses; in the cracks of walls and abandoned buildings. I am like a wish."