The World We Found (P.S.) - Softcover

Umrigar, Thrity

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061938351 ISBN 13: 9780061938351

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2012

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2012-07-31 Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US As university students in late 1970s Bombay. Armaiti. Laleh. Kavita. and Nishta were inseparable Spirited and unconventional. they challenged authority and fought for a better world. . But over the past thirty years. the quartet has drifted apart. the day-to-day demands of work and family tempering the revolutionary fervor they once shared Then comes devastating news:. Armaiti. who moved to America. is gravely ill and wants to see the old friends she left behind. For Laleh. reunion is a bittersweet reminder of unfulfilled dreams and unspoken guilt. For Kavita. it is an admission of forbidden passion. For Nishta. it is the promise of freedom from a bitter. fundamentalist husband . And for Armaiti. it is an act of acceptance. of letting go on her own terms. The World We Found is a dazzling masterwork...

About this title

Product Description:

Thrity Umrigar, acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven, returns with a breathtaking new novel--a skillfully wrought, emotionally resonant story of four women and the indelible friendship they share. Fans of Jennifer Haigh's Faith, Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, and Katrina Kittle's The Kindness of Strangers will be captivated by Umrigar's The World We Found--a moving story of bottled secrets, unfulfilled dreams, and the acceptance that can still lead to redemption, from a writer whom the New York Times calls "perceptive and often piercing."

Review:

"Asparkling and sharp slice of life."--Nina Sankovitch, Huffington Post

"There's ample discussion to be had here on the topics of family, friendship, religion and marriage. Umrigar is a lively storyteller. The women are sympathetic characters, their relationships fully realized and deeply felt. . . . Umrigar's evocative world is one worth finding, indeed."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Absorbing. . . . A rewarding novel."--Publishers Weekly

"Luminous. . . . Wise and absorbing, Umrigar's novel has the rich, chaotic vibrancy of a Mumbai marketplace."--People

"A storyteller through and through, Umrigar ensures that her characters face up to the costs and consequences created by their choices, right or wrong, principled or unprincipled."--Washington Post

"The World We Found is absorbing and resonant."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"The World We Found is stunning in its credibility and nuance. . . . This is a novel that rewards reading, and even re-reading. The World We Found is a powerful meditation."--Boston Globe

"Umrigar renders a vivid portrait of modern-day India as she meditates upon the power of friendship, loyalty, and love. Like her previous works, The World We Found is eloquent and evocative, bitter and sweet."--Booklist (starred review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0061938351
• ISBN 13: 9780061938351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336