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Title: Darjeeling: A Novel by Bharti Kirchner ISBN: 0-312-31606-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 16 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good read
Comment: Fast paced, good descriptions of scenery, tea business, manhattan immigrant life and food, food..food. I like Kirschner's writing more for food descriptions than anything else and this is no exception. In general the storyline is more like a hindi movie - two women for one man and a benevolent 'thakur ma' and an angry dad and so on. But credit should be given to the author for portraying women - particularly immigrant women's dilemmas with clarity and respect. The ending also speaks for the same thing, both women doing what they believe in and letting the men know and get what they deserve!
Rating: 4
Summary: Darjeeling
Comment: It was a good read. Learned a lot about tea. Liked the book but there were a couple of places where it felt that the author either overlooked the culture or didn't do enough research. Here are some inconsistencies that bothered me:
It puzzled me that the Bengali father knew that his eldest daughter's finance was sleeping with his youngest daughter but he stayed calm. Once his mother let's him know that she too is aware of the affair he does react in a more traditional way by hiring thugs to kill the guy.
Also, Grandma Nina keeps referring to the tea plantation as something belonging to her ancestors but it didn't belong to her ancestors; she came into the family as a young bride.
Anyway, overall it is a good read. Enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating Darjeeling
Comment: Wonderful and powerful book. Even if you had never been to Darjeeling, or to India, for that matter, it gives you an unexplained sensation of melancholy, as if the place belonged to your ancestry. It even made me run for the Internet to know more about Darjeeling and the tea business. A real lesson in geography and tea-tasting!
Apart from the obvious mastery of the language in descriptions, the story is an ode to self-growth and sufficiency, both for men and women. As in reality, love is not a bed of roses. Instead, real love is the ability to love oneself first, then the other. This can be seen when Aloka simulates being Parveen; she fell in love with her first, then discovered that she loved Jahar just as well.
It is a book I greatly recommend for all those who enjoy an intricate story without the classical happy ending.
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Title: A Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi ISBN: 0345450299 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Mango Season by AMULYA MALLADI ISBN: 0345450302 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani ISBN: 0399150706 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 19 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Namesake : A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri ISBN: 0395927218 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Bombay Time : A Novel by Thrity Umrigar ISBN: 0312277164 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 06 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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