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The Space Between Us: A Novel
Thrity Umrigar

William Morrow, 2006

16 reviews
Thrity Umrigar

Harper Perennial, 2008

Umrigar Does It Again
This is my second experience reading Umrigar, and it won't be my last. This story, about Tehmina, a widow from India torn between the old world and the new (her grown son's home in Cleveland) explores a range of emotions. Umrigar expresses the widow's grief with clarity and compassion. And Tehmina is a marvel of a character. Her instinct is to nurture and care for everyone, but often in ...

First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood (P.S.)
Thrity Umrigar

Harper Perennial, 2008

First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one. It is an evocative, emotionally charged story of a young life steeped in paradox; of a middle-class Parsi girl attending Catholic school in a predominantly Hindu city; of a guilt-ridden stranger ...

The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.)

90 reviews
Thrity N. Umrigar

Harper Perennial, 2007

"The Space Between" this and other bestselling novels......
The Space Between Us is quite an ambitious novel. The universal themes of gender roles, identity, class struggles, poverty, family bonds and love are pervasive, but it is written so eloquently and with such dynamic force that it supercedes the vast majority of bestselling fiction on bookstore shelves today. This characters and circumstances of this novel could take place in any time and place ...

The Space Between Us: A Novel (P.S.)
Thrity Umrigar

William Morrow, 2007

Bombay Time: A Novel

33 reviews
Thrity Umrigar

Picador, 2002

Absolutely fantastic book
I've read a lot of books by South Asian authors and have been disappointed more than enthralled since so many write novels with extremely depressing characters and storylines. Not this one though! This book had be captivated from the beginning and I found myself extremely interested in every single character storyline--including that of the city of Bombay. I was also pushed to do a little ...

Die Nähe zwischen uns
Thrity Umrigar

Ullstein Taschenbuchvlg., 2008

A Distancia Entre Nos - The Space Between Us
Thrity Umrigar

Editora NOva Fronteira, 2008

Cielo De Bombay, El
UMRIGAR THRITY, 2007

Sera Dubash es una viuda de clase media acomodada; Bhima es su sirvienta. una mujer analfabeta y sencilla que cada noche regresa a su hogar. en los suburbios marginales de Bombay. donde vive con su nieta Maya.A través de los años las dos mujeres han aprendido a conocerse y a apoyarse. guardando las distancias impuestas por las castas distintas a las que pertenecen. pero aproximándose en caso de necesidad: han sido muchas las veces que Bhima ha ...

A Doçura Do Mundo
Thrity Umrigar

Editora Nova Fronteira, 2008

Após perder seu marido, Tehmina Sethna está emocionalmente fragilizada. Por isso, ela decide aceitar o convite de seu filho, Sorab, para passar um tempo com ele em Ohio, nos Estados Unidos. Lá, Sorab, um homem de 38 anos que fugira da Índia para mudar de vida, se casou com Susan. Os dois tiveram um filho, Cavas, e vivem uma vida perfeita ao estilo americano. O que parecia ser um recomeço, porém, deixa Tehmina numa situação delicada. Sem ...

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