The Toss of a Lemon |
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Author:
| Viswanathan, Padma |
ISBN: | 978-1-921401-30-5 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
Publisher: | UWA Publishing
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Inspired by her family history, Padma Viswanathan brings us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change. At the novel's heart is Sivakami, a captivating girl-child married at ten to an astrologer and village healer who is drawn to her despite his horoscope, which foretells an early death - depending on how the stars align when their children are born.
The Toss of a Lemon is heartbreaking...
More DescriptionInspired by her family history, Padma Viswanathan brings us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change. At the novel's heart is Sivakami, a captivating girl-child married at ten to an astrologer and village healer who is drawn to her despite his horoscope, which foretells an early death - depending on how the stars align when their children are born.
The Toss of a Lemon is heartbreaking and exhilarating, profoundly exotic and yet utterly recognizable in evoking the tensions that change brings to every family's doorstep. It is also the debut of a major new voice in world fiction.
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