A Bad Character Contributor(s): Kapoor, Deepti (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804171335 ISBN-13: 9780804171335 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Our narrator is "twenty and untouched" when her mother dies. Sent by her absentee father to live with a relative in a modest New Delhi apartment, she is ill-equipped to resist the allure of the rich and rebellious young man who approaches her one day at a cafe. He is a few years older, and from a different social class, but they both yearn to break free of tradition. As they drive around Delhi--eating, making love, falling apart--he introduces her to an India that she never knew existed, and will never be able to forget. Told in a voice at once gritty and lyrical, A Bad Character is an astounding book, an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a dangerous, exhilarating city. |