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Madras on Rainy Days

English · Paperback / Softback

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"A lyrical debut" (Asian Week) exploring the dilemma confronting Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. As a dutiful Muslim daughter and an independent young American, Layla is torn between clashing identities. Reluctantly agreeing to her parents' wish for her to leave America and submit to an arranged marriage, Layla enters into the closed world of tradition and ritual as the wedding preparations get underway in Hyderabad. Set against a background of rising Hindu-Muslim violence, and taboo questions of sexuality, Samina Ali presents the complexities of life behind the chador, and the story of a marriage where no one is what they seem. In the words of the San Francisco Chronicle, Madras on Rainy Days introduces an "abundantly talented new voice."


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Samina Ali was born in Hyderabad, India, and raised both in India and the US. She received her MFA from the University of Oregon. Madras On Rainy Days is her debut novel.


Product details

Authors Samina Ali
Publisher St Martins Pr 3Pl
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 01.01.2005
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature
Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945)
 
EAN 0
Pages 320
Dimensions (packing) 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm
Weight (packing) 424 g
 

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