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100			_aDavid, Esther _961801
245			_aThe walled city
260			_aChennai _bWestland Publications _c2009
300			_axi, 200 p.
365			_b250.00 _aINR
440			_aLibrary of modern Jewish literature _961803
500			_aText illustrations by the author - T. P. Verso.
520			_aVibrant with the sights, sounds and shifting moods of Ahmedabad, the walled city of the title, Esther David's perceptive novel traces the rigidly circumscribed lives of three generations of women in an extended Jewish family in the city. The novel unravels the narrators struggle to reconcile her Jewisness with the exuberance of the alien ethos in which she grows up and to which she is drawn. While she agonizes over life, love and god, rebelling, submitting, groping to find her identity and make sense of her relationships, the rhythm of the city slides into discord as tensions smoulder and old values crumble. Rich in observation and insight and written in a highly individualistic style, The Walled City is a haunting study of the powerful forces that both unite and divide generations and communities.
650			_aMothers and daughters - Fiction _961804
650			_aJewish families - Fiction _961805
650			_aWomen - India - Fiction _961807
650			_aJews - India - Fiction _961808
650			_aAhmadabad (India) - Fiction _961809
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999			_c163513 _d163513