Bends And Turns - Softcover

Chandorkar, Leena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9352017307 ISBN 13: 9789352017300

Publisher: Frog Books, 2016

Synopsis

Bends and Turns deals with the growth towards maturity of a young woman, Sona Jaykar. Enmeshed closely with her life story are the stories of her mother Kamala Pradhan, her husband Rajeev Jaykar, best friend Prof Nafisa Ahmad, colleague Shubhendu Roy and most importantly, Brigadier Vikrant Singh—VS. Written in a lucid manner and captivating style, the author, Leena Chandorkar, brings together these different stories. With Sona at the centre, the novel travels,through many bends and turns, towards a thought- provokingending. The relentless flow of life takes Sona from darkness to light, from childish petulance to mature wisdom. The choices she makes extract a price from her and mark her forever. The collision of the past and the present; the choice between duty and love; the separation of the personal and the public--- these are the issues that are highlighted as Sona Jaykar makes her precarious way through the minefield of expectations that young Indian women have to negotiate today in their quest for happiness.

About this title

About the Author:

Leena Chandorkar grew up as a cantonment child and studied in different schools across India. She did her graduation in English Honours from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and acquired her PhD in English Literature from Pune University. She is the author of the book, ‘Eye Me Myself: A Study of Six Women’s Autobiographies’. She teaches English at Garware College, Pune. Bends and Turns is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frog Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9352017307
• ISBN 13: 9789352017300
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260