Leaving Yuba City by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Leaving Yuba City by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Like Divakaruni's much-loved and bestselling short story collection Arranged Marriage, this collection of poetry deals with India and the Indian experience in America, from the adventures of going to a convent school in India run by Irish nuns (Growing up in Darjeeling) to the history of the earliest Indian immigrants in the U.S. (Yuba City Poems).

Groups of interlinked poems divided into six sections are peopled by many of the same characters and explore varying themes. Here, Divakaruni is particularly interested in how different art forms can influence and inspire each other. One section, entitled Indian Miniatures, is based on and named after a series of paintings by Francesco Clemente. Another, called Moving Pictures, is based on Indian films, including Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay and Satyajit Ray's Ghare Baire. Photographs by Raghubir Singh inspired the section entitled Rajasthani. The trials and tribulations of growing up and immigration are also considered here and, as with all of Divakaruni's writing, these poems deal with the experience of women and their struggle to find identities for themselves.

This collection is touched with the same magic and universal appeal that excited readers of Arranged Marriage. In Leaving Yuba City, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni proves once again her remarkable literary talents.

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ISBN 13	9780385488549
ISBN 10	0385488548
Title	Leaving Yuba City
Author	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1997-07-14
Number of pages	128
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