Home by Manju Kapur
Tender and funny, Manju Kapur's third novel is an engrossing story of family life, across three generations of Delhi shopkeepers. When their traditional business - selling saris - is increasingly sidelined by the new fashion for jeans and stitched salwar kameez, the Banwari Lal family must adapt. But, instead of branching out, the sons remain apprenticed to the struggling shop, and the daughters are confined to the family home. As envy and suspicion grip parents and children alike, the need for escape - whether through illicit love or in the making of pickles or the search for education - becomes ever stronger. Very human and hugely engaging, "Home" is a masterful novel of the acts of kindness, compromise, and secrecy, that lie at the heart of every family.
"'Entralling, convincing, absorbing.. A magnetically alert, deeply readable novel.' Julie Myerson, Guardian (A Married Woman)"
Manju Kapur lives in New Delhi, where she is a teacher of English Literature at Miranda House College, Delhi University. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters (1998), received tremendous international acclaim, won the Commonwealth Prize for First Novels (Eurasia Section) and was a number one best-seller in India. A Married Woman (2003), her second book, was described by Julie Myerson as 'enthralling, convincing, absorbing ... A magnetically alert, deeply readable novel.'
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571228416 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571228410 |
| Title | Home |
| Author | Manju Kapur |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2006-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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