Burnt sugar
By: Doshi, Avni
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TextPublisher: UK Hamish Hamilton 2020Description: 229 p.ISBN: 9780241441510Subject(s): Fiction - Love story | Betrayal - Jealousy - Obsession | Novel - Memory and mythDDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Antara has never understood her mother Tara's decisions - walking out on her marriage to follow a guru, living on the streets like a beggar, shacking up with an unknown artist, rebelling against society's expectations. But when Tara starts losing her memory, Antara searches for a way to make peace with their shared past, a past that haunts them both. As she relives her childhood in Pune in the eighties, Catholic boarding school in the hills of Maharashtra, and her years as a young artist in Bombay, Antara comes up against her own fears and neuroses, realizing she might not be so different from Tara after all.
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| Item type | Current location | Item location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library General Stacks | Slot 2294 (2 Floor, East Wing) | Non-fiction | 813.6 D6B8 (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 28/05/2021 | 202806 |
Burnt sugar is published in India under the title Girl in White Cotton.
Antara has never understood her mother Tara's decisions - walking out on her marriage to follow a guru, living on the streets like a beggar, shacking up with an unknown artist, rebelling against society's expectations. But when Tara starts losing her memory, Antara searches for a way to make peace with their shared past, a past that haunts them both. As she relives her childhood in Pune in the eighties, Catholic boarding school in the hills of Maharashtra, and her years as a young artist in Bombay, Antara comes up against her own fears and neuroses, realizing she might not be so different from Tara after all.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/317214/burnt-sugar/9780241441510.html
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