The Lives Of Strangers by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Lives Of Strangers by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Divakaruni is well known for her highly acclaimed novel THE MISTRESS OF SPICES and her award winning short story collection ARRANGED MARRIAGE. In this new collection she weaves tales of India and of new settlers in America with touching perception and colour. A young girl protects her small brother from the wrath of her father and the stain of poverty, but when he flees the house to escape, she catches the bright white of his shirt flashing past the foliage of the Indian trees and finds she has to keep the greatest secret of them all: his fight for liberty; a widowed grandmother arrives in America to stay with her only son and his children, looking forward to a new life among those who love her most but soon discovers a world of materialism, familial strife and the loss of family ties.
In this exquisite collection of stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni paints the realities of solitude, expectation, love and betrayal and deftly embroiders a colourful tapestry of life in the East and West.

'An extraordinary collection.. besides elegance and delight, we can also find wisdom here' Ha Jin, author of WAITING 'Chitra Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller; she illuminates the world with her artistry; and shakes the reader with her love' Junot Diaz, author of DROWN

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in India but now lives in California with her husband and two sons. She is a teacher of creative writing and a published poet as well as a novelist and short story writer

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ISBN 13	9780349119458
ISBN 10	0349119457
Title	The Lives Of Strangers
Author	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2005-04-14
Number of pages	288
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