Return to India - Hardcover

Lord Wavell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8129119285 ISBN 13: 9788129119285

Publisher: Rupa & Co, 2012

Synopsis

Return to India is a powerful memoir about what it means to be an immigrant in a foreign country and what propels immigrants to return to their homeland. Following in the tradition of her first book, Monsoon Diary: a memoir with recipes, award-winning author, Shoba Narayan explores themes of family, culture and identity. In vivid and heartfelt prose, Shoba Narayan describes the trajectory of her immigrant life?from the salty plains of South India to the high rises of New York and Boston. From the exhilarating thrill of being a new immigrant to becoming an angst-ridden mother grappling with hyphenated identities, Narayan describes the life of an immigrant with humor and insight. She talks about why she yearned for America and became a citizen of the land she would ultimately leave. Return to India is about love and loss; about family and identity; and about the quest for a place called home. It is a powerful story about the costs of chasing the American dream and the complications of returning to your homeland. Rich in detail and empathetic in tone, this book will resonate with immigrants and diaspora from all cultures.

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About the Author

Shoba Narayan is an award-winning essayist, author and columnist. She has won the James Beard-MFK Fisher award for Distinguished Writing and a Pulitzer Fellowship from the Columbia Journalism School. Her first book, Monsoon Diary: a memoir with recipes was published in 2004 and was a finalist for a James Beard Award. She has contributed to Condenast Traveler, Mint, Financial Times, The National, Destinasian, Silkroad, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, and Gourmet, among other publications. She lives in India.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rupa & Co
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8129119285
• ISBN 13: 9788129119285
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 307
• Editor: Lord Wavell