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Eating Women, Telling Tales
Bulbul Sharma
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Description for Eating Women, Telling Tales
Paperback. Explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. In this title, one of the stories features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
In Eating Women, Telling Tales, acclaimed feminist writer and artist Bulbul Sharma explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. One of the stories in this rich collection features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him. Other tales narrate the adventures of a woman who cooks manically; a woman who tries and fails to share her culinary masterpieces with a son newly returned from the United States; and a woman who takes money and knickknacks from her husband's pockets, where she finds ... Read more
In Eating Women, Telling Tales, acclaimed feminist writer and artist Bulbul Sharma explores the many roles - some perennial, some unexpected - that food can play in women's lives. One of the stories in this rich collection features a young woman who, neglected by her rakish husband, decides to kill him by overfeeding him. Other tales narrate the adventures of a woman who cooks manically; a woman who tries and fails to share her culinary masterpieces with a son newly returned from the United States; and a woman who takes money and knickknacks from her husband's pockets, where she finds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
Number of Pages
118
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9789381017890
SKU
V9789381017890
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Bulbul Sharma
Bulbul Sharma is the author of the story collections My Sainted Aunts, The Perfect Woman, and The Anger of Aubergines, and the novel Banana-Flower Dreams. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Italian, French, and Finnish.
Reviews for Eating Women, Telling Tales
"This slim collection of stories is quite like a methodical cook's masala tray, each ingredient and spice in its proper slot. The book is best devoured in bite-sized pieces, to catch and savour the finer flavours. Each story retains its unique flavour while contributing to the main dish and the main dish, need we say, is a veritable feast for ... Read more