| The Unknown Errors of Our Lives Contributor(s): Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385497288 ISBN-13: 9780385497282 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2002 Annotation: In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad moments-caught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition and fresh experience. A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter." In "The Intelligence of Wild Things," a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith. Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives" depict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002282965 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.25" W x 8.01" (0.54 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad moments-caught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition and fresh experience. A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter." In "The Intelligence of Wild Things," a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith. Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives depict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change. |
