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Arranged Marriage: Stories
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's exquisitely wrought debut collection of stories subtly chronicles the accommodation - and the rebellion - Inidan-born girls and women in America undergo as they balance old treasured beliefs and surprising new desires. Each story is complete in itself, together they created a tapestry as colorful, as delicate and as enduring as the finest silk sari.
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: May 1st, 1996
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.07in - 5.29in - 0.70in - 0.56lb
- EAN: 9780385483506
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Cultural Heritage• Women
About the Author
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the bestselling author of the novels Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices; the story collections The Unknown Errors of Our Lives and Arranged Marriage, which received several awards, including the American Book Award; and four collections of prize-winning poetry. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Ms., Zoetrope, Good Housekeeping, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Best American Short Stories 1999, and The New York Times. Born in India, Divakaruni lives near Houston. For further information about Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, visit her Web site at www.chitradivakaruni.com.
Praise for this book
"A remarkably strong debut . . . The all-too-imperfect lives of Divakaruni's heroines, like precious gems, are unrecognized treasures, worthy of being praised, protected and held dear."-- San Jose Mercury News "Both universal and unique."-- Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully told stories of transformed lives . . . Both liberated and trapped by cultural changes on both sides of the ocean, these women struggle fiercely to carve out an identity of their own." --San Francisco Chronicle "These are ravishingly beautiful stories, some profoundly sad, others full of revelation, all unforgettable." --Booklist