Arranged MarriageArranged Marriage
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Book, 1995
Current format, Book, 1995, 1st Anchor Books ed, Available .Book, 1995
Current format, Book, 1995, 1st Anchor Books ed, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsAlthough 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.
The questions, discussion topics and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novels Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices , as well as her collection of short stories, Arranged Marriage . We hope that they will provide you with new ways of looking at and talking about these three books by a gifted writer, whose chameleon-like voice and mastery of rhythm create unforgettable characters and weave stories that are both exotic and familiar, fresh and universal.
A best-selling first collection of eleven stories includes the tales of a California bride who is devastated after her husband's murder and a proud middle-aged divorcee who vows to succeed. Reprint.
The questions, discussion topics and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novels Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices , as well as her collection of short stories, Arranged Marriage . We hope that they will provide you with new ways of looking at and talking about these three books by a gifted writer, whose chameleon-like voice and mastery of rhythm create unforgettable characters and weave stories that are both exotic and familiar, fresh and universal.
A best-selling first collection of eleven stories includes the tales of a California bride who is devastated after her husband's murder and a proud middle-aged divorcee who vows to succeed. Reprint.
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