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Water - (Bapsi Sidwha) by  Bapsi Sidhwa (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Water - (Bapsi Sidwha) by Bapsi Sidhwa (Paperback)

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  • An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by "a writer of enormous talent" (Newsday).
  • Author(s): Bapsi Sidhwa
  • 240 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
  • Series Name: Bapsi Sidwha

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The renowned author Bapsi Sidhwa and the equally renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta share a unique artistic relationship: Mehta adapted Sidhwa's novel "Cracking India" for her brilliant film "Earth, " and here, Sidhwa adapts Mehta's controversial film "Water" to the printed page.
Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, "Water" follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows's lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram's delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption.



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An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by "a writer of enormous talent" (Newsday).

Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows' lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram's delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption.

"Sidhwa's humor and compassion glow in Water." --Houston Chronicle

"A deeply moving story, elegantly told, with all the assurance of a master." --M.G. Vassanji, author of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

Dimensions (Overall): 8.04 Inches (H) x 4.98 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)
Weight: .57 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Bapsi Sidwha
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 240
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Format: Paperback
Author: Bapsi Sidhwa
Language: English
Street Date: March 29, 2006
TCIN: 89148494
UPC: 9781571310569
Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-1625
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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