The Space Between Us

ISBN: 006079156X

Author: Umrigar, Thrity

Condition: New

Thrity Umrigar, who displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks, (Washington Post Book World) brings her talent to the social struggles of modern day Bombay in THE SPACE BETWEEN US.This is a story intimately and compassionately told against the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.- Washington Post Book WorldBracingly honest.- New York Times Book ReviewThe author of Bombay Time, If Today Be Sweet, and The Weight of Heaven, Thrity Umrigar is as adept and compelling in The Space Between Us-vividly capturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal of two women discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against the confines of a rigid caste system, Umrigars captivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God, Betty Smiths A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Barbara Kingsolvers The Poisonwood Bible-a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction.

• Author: Umrigar, Thrity. | Publisher: Harper Perennial | Pages: 321 | Publication Date: 2007 | Edition: 1st | Binding: Paperback | MSRP: 15.99 | ISBN13: 9780060791568 | ISBN: 006079156X | Other ISBN: 9780061752605 | Other ISBN Binding: print | Language: en | Store Location: General Fiction | "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."