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16%OFFRatika Kapur - The Private Life of Mrs Sharma - 9781408873656 - V9781408873656
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The Private Life of Mrs Sharma

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Description for The Private Life of Mrs Sharma Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
Renuka Sharma is a dutiful wife, mother, and daughter-in-law holding the fort in a modest rental in Delhi while her husband tries to rack up savings in Dubai. Working as a receptionist and committed to finding a place for her family in the New Indian Dream of air-conditioned malls and high paid jobs at multi-nationals, life is going as planned until the day she strikes up a conversation with an uncommonly self-possessed stranger at a Metro station. Because while Mrs Sharma may espouse traditional values, India is changing all around her, and it wouldn’t be the end of the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408873656
SKU
V9781408873656
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Ratika Kapur
Ratika Kapur's first novel, Overwinter, was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Elle magazine's Indian edition included her in a Granta-inspired list of twenty writers under forty to look out for from South Asia. She lives in New Delhi with her husband and son. ratikakapur.wordpress.com

Reviews for The Private Life of Mrs Sharma
A startlingly accomplished first novel, a stunning debut that ventures bravely into terrain where seasoned writers fear to tread
Outlook on Overwinter
Foremost amongst Ratika’s strengths is her use of language, lyrical and at times brutal, guaranteed to shake the reader from her sense of complacency
Deccan Herald
Ratika Kapur’s debut novel is enriched by intricate ... Read more

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