The Sari Shop - Hardcover
A heartbreaking debut in the tradition of Rohinton Mistry and Manil Suri.
Ramchand, a young man living in a small, north Indian town, works each day at Sevak Sari House in one of the city's bazaars. Amongst the cottons and Benaras silks he and his fellow shop assistants sit, unrolling yards of coloured fabric for the town's middle class wives and daughters.
When Ramchand peers into the lives of his customers he begins to see himself more clearly, and the limits of his future. But his attempts to change his life will uncover the horrifying cruelties that have been holding it together.
Bajwa combines a rare sensitivity with humour and unflinching honesty as she reveals a world where hope and violence are permanently entwined.
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'Ambitious, compelling ... Bajwa reaches for – and captures – the very soul of India’ -- Manil Suri, author of The Death of Vishnu Longlisted for the Orange Prize.
‘A savage satire of middle-class pretensions shot through with rich descriptions and moments of mellow comedy’ -- Literary Review
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‘A savage satire of middle-class pretensions shot through with rich descriptions and moments of mellow comedy’ -- Literary Review
Ramchand, a young man living in a small, north Indian town, works each day at Sevak Sari House. Amongst the cotton and silks, he and his fellow shop assistants sit, unrolling yards of coloured fabric for the town's middle class wives and daughters and speculate on their own futures.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 067091472X
- ISBN 13 9780670914722
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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