Arranged Marriage (Paperback)

Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780385483506
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publish Date: 6/1/1996
Buy.com Sku: 30055578
Item#: RKPNW5
Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.25L x 0.75T
 
Although Chitra Divakaruni's poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" "(Ms.) that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. "Arranged Marriage, her first collection of stories, spent five weeks on the "San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list and garnered critical acclaim that would have been extraordinary for even a more established author.For the young girls and women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is both as terrifying and filled with promise as the ocean that separates them from their homes in India. From the story of a young bride whose fairy-tale vision of California is shattered when her husband is murdered and she must face the future on her own, to a proud middle-aged divorced woman determined to succeed in San Francisco, Divakaruni's award-winning poetry fuses here with prose for the first time to create eleven devastating portraits of women on the verge of an unforgettable transformation.
 
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This collection of short stories chronicles the experience of Indian-born women in America. Winner of the 1996 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction, and the PEN Oakland Award for Fiction.

 

Praise
San Francisco Chronicle
"Beautifully told stories of transformed lives..."

Publishers Weekly
"In transparently simple language, Divakaruni places her characters at the volatile confluence of two conflicting pressures: the obligation to please traditional husbands and families, and the desire to live modern, independent lives." 06/05/1995

Ms.
"Luminous, exquisitely crafted prose. Her Indian wives and daughters are drawn with a rich, dense detail that allows the reader to feel the silent, strong undertows directing their lives."

New York Times
"Ms. Divakaruni's stories are as irresistible as the impulse that leads her characters to surface into maturity..."

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"These exquisite stories about Indian women caught up in the transformation of both Indian and American cultures entice us with the author's gift for storytelling and her characters' originality, independence and fresh insight." 08/13/1995


 
Awards

American Book Award (1996)
won, Fiction
 

  
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