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Parameswaran, Uma

 
9780595394388: RIDING HIGH WITH KRISHNA AND A BASEBALL BAT & OTHER STORIES
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ISBN 10 : 0595394388 ISBN 13 : 9780595394388
Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

Uma Parameswaran's earlier works have earned her praise and awards. What was Always Hers won the Jubilee Award for the best collection of short stories published in 1999. Of the title story, that appeared earlier as The Sweet Smell of Mother's Milk-Wet Bodice, reviewers had this to say:"A deftly wrought novella possessing the quiet elegance born of outrage."(The Globe and Mail)"Uma Parameswaran has written with the insight and lyricism of the fine poet she is." June Callwood"It is activist literature, woman-empowering fiction, and it has a political edge." (Herizons)Of her novel, Mangoes on the Maple Tree, Andreas Schroeder has said, "A hymn to the joys and sorrows of family, in the best, most inclusive sense of the word."

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Uma Parameswaran's earlier works have earned her praise and awards. What was Always Hers won the Jubilee Award for the best collection of short stories published in 1999. Of the title story, that appeared earlier as The Sweet Smell of Mother's Milk-Wet Bodice, reviewers had this to say:"A deftly wrought novella possessing the quiet elegance born of outrage."(The Globe and Mail)"Uma Parameswaran has written with the insight and lyricism of the fine poet she is." June Callwood"It is activist literature, woman-empowering fiction, and it has a political edge." (Herizons)Of her novel, Mangoes on the Maple Tree, Andreas Schroeder has said, "A hymn to the joys and sorrows of family, in the best, most inclusive sense of the word."

Biographie de l'auteur

Uma Parameswaran was born in India and has lived in Canada since 1966. She has worked with women?s organizations, and is on the faculty of the University of Winnipeg. Her earlier fiction includes award-winning What was Always Hers, The Sweet Smell of Mother?s Milk-Wet Bodice, and Mangoes on the Maple Tree. She is married to a mathematician and they have a married daughter.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595394388
ISBN 13 
9780595394388
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
116
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