The Space Between Us: A Novel - Couverture souple

Umrigar, Thrity

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062067893 ISBN 13 : 9780062067890

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Umrigar Thrity

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“With humanity and suspense, novelist Thrity Umrigar tackles love, loyalty, injustice - and survival.” (Marie Claire)

“Poignant.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“[Umrigar] displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks.” (Washington Post Book World, Praise for Bombay Time)

“Sadness suffuses this eloquent tale, whose heart-stopping plot twists reveal the ferocity of fate.” (Booklist (starred review))

“Heartbreaking.... A subtle, elegant analysis of class and power... that quietly roars against tyranny.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Intimately and compassionately told.... Sensuous.... Umrigar’s memorable characters will live on for a long time.” (Frances Itani, Washington Post Book World)

“Umrigar is a perceptive and often piercing writer.” (New York Times Book Review)

“[The Space Between Us] is provocative and disturbing.” (Boston Globe)

“[A] powerful novel.” (National Post (Canada))

“Umrigar is a highly skilled storyteller...the novel’s plot and depth of characterisation provide irresistible momentum.” (Time Out New York)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

“This is a story intimately and compassionately toldagainst the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.” — Washington Post Book World
 
“Bracingly honest.” —New York Times Book Review
 
The author of Bombay Time, If Today Be Sweet, and  The Weight of Heaven, Thrity Umrigar is at adept andcompelling in The Space Between Us—vividlycapturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictivelyreadable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal oftwo woman discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against theconfines of a rigid caste system, Umrigar’scaptivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of ZoraNeale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were WatchingGod, Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows inBrooklyn, and Barbara Kingsolver’s ThePoisonwood Bible—a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062067893
• ISBN 13: 9780062067890
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352