Nirmal Babu's Bride

Author: Alison Mukherjee
Publisher: Indialog Publications
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 190
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187981237

Description

The particular predicament of South Asian Christians has been too long ignored by novelists. This novel illuminates with sensitive integrity those powerful themes of identity, religion, generation and gender.

COMMENTS:

Bengali Christians, social work in England, Bible translation, Christian insecurity as the BJP take power - these are just some of the elements woven together by Alison Mukherjee with first-hand knowledge and consummate skill. Absorbing, mysterious and heartfelt, her novel takes its readers into new realms. It will leave them subtly changed.
- William Radice

A delightful read, Nirmal Babu's Bride captivated my imagination with its keenly observed detail of Bengali life. The particular predicament of South Asian Christians has been too long ignored by novelists. Alison Mukherjee's novel Illuminates with sensitive integrity those powerful themes of identity, religion, generation and gender. She writes with authority and compassion and deserves a wide readership. - Eleanor Nesbitt