Water: A Novel - Hardcover

Bapsi Sidhwa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670999075 ISBN 13: 9780670999071

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006

Synopsis

The renowned author Bapsi Sidhwa and the equally renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta share a unique artistic relationship: Mehta adapted Sidhwa's novel "Cracking India" for her brilliant film "Earth, " and here, Sidhwa adapts Mehta's controversial film "Water" to the printed page.
Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, "Water" follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows's lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram's delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption.

About this title

Synopsis:

Set in 1938 India against the backdrop of Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, the author follows the life of 8 years old Chuyia, a child bride who is abandoned at a widow's ashram in Benares.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670999075
• ISBN 13: 9780670999071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 201