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Cracking India - by Bapsi Sidhwa (Paperback)

Name: Cracking India - by Bapsi Sidhwa (Paperback)
Brand: Milkweed Editions
SKU: 82943638
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The 1947 Partition of India is the backdrop for this powerful novel, narrated by a precocious child who describes the brutal transition with chilling veracity.
Author(s): Bapsi Sidhwa
298 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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About the Book

Eight-year-old Lenny, spirited daughter of an affluent Parsee family, narrates the story of the breaking of India as she witnesses Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs fight for their land and their lives during the dividing of the country into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan in 1947. This 1991 Liberatur Prize winner, NYT Notable Book and ALA Notable nominee is now available in paperback for the first time.

Book Synopsis

The 1947 Partition of India is the backdrop for this powerful novel, narrated by a precocious child who describes the brutal transition with chilling veracity.

Young Lenny Sethi is kept out of school because she suffers from polio. She spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, visiting with the large group of admirers that Ayah draws. It is in the company of these working class characters that Lenny learns about religious differences, religious intolerance, and the blossoming genocidal strife on the eve of Partition.

As she matures, Lenny begins to identify the differences between the Hindus, Moslems, and Sikhs engaging in political arguments all around her. Lenny enjoys a happy, privileged life in Lahore, but the kidnapping of her beloved Ayah signals a dramatic change. Soon Lenny's world erupts in religious, ethnic, and racial violence.

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this domestic drama serves as a microcosm for a profound political upheaval.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .78 Inches (D)

Weight: .85 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 298

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Milkweed Editions

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Bapsi Sidhwa

Language: English

Street Date: January 23, 2006

TCIN: 82943638

UPC: 9781571310484

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-7808

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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