Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher: ABACUS
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 373
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0349115230
Description
This is a novel of extraordinary depth and sensitivity. Through the eyes of people caught in the clash of cultures, Divakurni reveals the rewards and the perils of breaking free from the past and the complicated, often contradictory emotions that shape the passage to independence.
‘The Vine of Desire’ is the story of Anju and Sudha, two young women far from Calcutta, the city of their childhood, who after a year of living separate lives are rekindling their friendship in America.
The deep-seated love they feel for each other provides the support they need: it gives Anju the strength to pick up the pieces after a personal tragedy, and Sudha the confidence to make a life for herself and her baby daughter, Dayita – without her husband. The unlikely relationship they form with men and women in the world outside the immigrant Indian community as well as their families in India profoundly transform them, especially when they must confront the deeply passionate feelings that Anju’s husband has for Sudha...
‘The Vine of Desire’ is a novel of extraordinary depth and sensitivity. Through the eyes of people cough in the clash of cultures Divakaruni reveals the rewards and the perils of breaking free from the past and the complicated, often contradictory emotions that shape the passage to independence.