Binding Vine - Softcover

Deshpande, Shashi

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140233369 ISBN 13: 9780140233360

Publisher: Penguin Books India, 1998

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The narrator in The Binding Vine is the clever, sharp-tongued Urmi, grieving over the death of her baby daughter and surrounded by, but rebuffing, the care of her mother and her childhood friend, Vanaa.

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About the Author:

Shashi Deshpande is one of India's most distinguished living authors. She has written seven novels, including A Matter of Time, as well as several volumes of short stories and a number of children's books. She is the winner of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award.

Review:

"Chekhovian... Deshpande's story of a woman who loses a daughter is linked to the politics of India and its tradition of patriarchy." ―Baltimore Sun

"Veteran Indian writer Shashi Deshpande lays out the common threads of female experience." ―Kirkus Reviews

"Haunted by fears, secrets, and deep grief... Tremendously sympathetic." ―Washington Post

"The river of prose travels and you are borne along with it, effortlessly, slowly. Until you realize that you are not moving towards any particular plot-destination; you are simply traveling with a splendid writer." ―Ashok Banker, Femina (India)

"Chekhovian... Deshpande's story of a woman who loses a daughter is linked to the politics of India and its tradition of patriarchy." Baltimore Sun

"Veteran Indian writer Shashi Deshpande lays out the common threads of female experience." Kirkus Reviews

"Haunted by fears, secrets, and deep grief... Tremendously sympathetic." Washington Post

"The river of prose travels and you are borne along with it, effortlessly, slowly. Until you realize that you are not moving towards any particular plot-destination; you are simply traveling with a splendid writer." Ashok Banker, Femina (India)

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