Human presence anywhere may be pretty complicated affair, and that is the case especially in fiction. Fiction is not just about the characters who exist and make their way through the story, but also about the intelligence of the person who is writing the fiction and foresees the events. The writer may also choose to screen the characters from the reader's view which may only result in increasing the mystery of the characters and therefore that of the readers' interest in them.

Well Known For Its Huge Advance

There are times, however, when the narrator tries to oversimplify the solutions, and insists on changes, rather than letting things take their own course, and you'll have the same feeling while reading Sarita Mandanna's Tiger Hills. Tiger Hills had already become famous even before its publication due to the (reportedly) huge advance paid by the publishers to the author, Sarita Mandanna. The story of Tiger Hills is set in Coorg, and it tells the story of three generations in Coorg. In the most parts, however, Tiger Hills is the story of the protagonist Devi or the thwarted love stories of three principal characters.

Readers Know There Would Be Love

Devanna is another main character who lost his mother at a young age and is a close childhood friend of Devi. The readers already (at the beginning of the book) have a feeling there would be love between Devi and Devanna, and from Devanna's perspective this is really the case. When Devi is just 10 years old, she sees Machaiah, a tiger hunter and decides to marry him only, come what may. The resolve continues through her rest of the life, well into the adulthood.

Devi Cannot Accept Him, Ever

Machaiah has resolved to be a celibate for 12 years, and still Devi makes her way into his heart as they begin a passionate love affair, which is broken only by one act of violence. Devanna returns from the medical school after attacked by a senior and he is drunk. He declares his love for Devi, who disagrees and then he (Devanna) forces himself on her. Both of them are married off to cover the incident but Devi never accepts him. Tiger Hills does have a lot of story elements throughout the book, so the attempts to summarize it in one page would be gross injustice.

Pressing Her Point Of View

Sarita Mandanna does not come across as a very subtle interpreter, instead she tries to press her point of view on the readers (which other authors do too, but with more subtlety). When she says the catastrophe in Devanna's life is due to German priest, it shows poor judgment. After all, he was only being well meaning when he sent the boy to the medical school.