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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Anchor Books
Publication date
January 1, 2002
Pages
267
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385497282
ISBN-10
0385497288
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Set in India, a collection of short stories by the author of The Mistress of Spices explores the adjustments of immigrants to a foreign land, the accomodations families make to the disruptive differences between generations, and the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad momentsâcaught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition and fresh experience.
A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning âMrs. Dutta Writes a Letter.â In âThe Intelligence of Wild Things,â a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith.
Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives depict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.
A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning âMrs. Dutta Writes a Letter.â In âThe Intelligence of Wild Things,â a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith.
Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives depict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.
Editions
Hardcover
from Doubleday (April 1, 2001)
9780385497275 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A collection of short stories set in India explores the adjustment of immigrants to a foreign land, the accommodations families make to the differences between generations, and the struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change.
About: A collection of short stories set in India explores the adjustment of immigrants to a foreign land, the accommodations families make to the differences between generations, and the struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Anchor Books (January 1, 2002)
9780385497282 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A collection of short stories set in India explores the adjustment of immigrants to a foreign land, the accommodations families make to the differences between generations, and the struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change.
About: A collection of short stories set in India explores the adjustment of immigrants to a foreign land, the accommodations families make to the differences between generations, and the struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 5, 2008)
9781435296398 | details & prices | 267 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $22.95
About: In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad momentsâcaught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition, and fresh experience.
About: In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad momentsâcaught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition, and fresh experience.
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