Bombay Time
Autor Thrity Umrigaren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2002
At the wedding of a young man from a middle-class apartment building in Bombay, the men and women of this unique community gather together and look back on their youthful, idealistic selves and consider the changes the years have wrought. The lives of the Parsi men and women who grew up together in Wadi Baug are revealed in all their complicated humanity: Adi Patel's disintegration into alcoholism; Dosamai's gossiping tongue; and Soli Contractor's betrayal and heartbreak. And observing it all is Rusi Bilimoria, a disillusioned businessman who struggles to make sense of his life and hold together a fraying community.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312286231
ISBN-10: 0312286236
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 137 x 206 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Picador USA
ISBN-10: 0312286236
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 137 x 206 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:First.
Editura: Picador USA
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Notă biografică
Thrity Umrigar grew up in Bombay, India. A recipient of the Neiman Fellowship at Harvard, she writes for the Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, and she is a contributor to the Boston Globe. She lives in Kent, Ohio.
Recenzii
"[Umrigar's] heartfelt book . . . displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with lifelike emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks."--"The Washington Post Book World""Umrigar's vivid and easy prose carries the reader into the heart of these families, limning their neighborhoods, their desires, their hopes, and failures."--"Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel""Bombay throbs with the life and death, crowded, hot, dirty, and volatile . . . [This novel] is a warmhearted look at human nature, with all its strengths and flaws exposed."--"The Cleveland Plain Dealer""Thrity Umrigar has an acute ear for dialogue, and a gift for unmasking the complexities of personal relationships. Wise and nuanced, the narrative grips the reader's attention."--Bapsi Sidhwa, author of "Cracking India""With the unflinching gaze of a Diane Arbus protege, Umrigar pulls each of [her characters] into and out of focus to reveal the definitive--at times profoundly intimate--events of their respective lives . . . [A] dazzling debut."--"The Hartford Courant"""Bombay Time"'s wonderful cast of characters and their tragically funny stories stay with you long after you finish reading this bittersweet novel. Thrity Umrigar's heart is as big as her homeland, and this is a beautiful novel."--Brad Watson, author of "Last Days of the Dog-Men"
Descriere
Now in paperback, this richly endowed first novel examines the complex web of relationships among the inhabitants of a middle-class apartment building in Bombay. At the wedding of a young couple, the men and women of the unique community of Parsis look back on their youthful selves and the years that followed.