Toss Lemon by Padma Viswanathan (89 results)

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Condition: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. 1 619. SIGNED and dedicated by the author on the title page, Â"In south India in 1896, ten-year old Sivakami is about to embark on a new life. Hanumarathnam, a village healer with some renown as an astrologer, has approached her parents with a marriage proposal. In keeping with custom, he provides his prospective? Signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine. 1st.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An advance copy of the first American printing. An account of the severe religious and societal restrictions imposed on an Indian woman who is widowed at an early age.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.9.

Condition: FINE. First printing. The author's first novel, inspired by her grandmother's stories, "Spanning the lifetime of one woman (18961962), [this] brings us intimately into a Brahmin household . . . Married at ten, widowed at eighteen, left with two children, Sivakami must wear widows whites, shave her head, and touch no one from dawn to dusk. She is not allowed to remarry, and in the next sixty years sheventures outside her family compound only three times. She is extremely orthodox in her behavior except for one defiant act: She moves back to her dead husbands house and village to raise her children." Frontispiece and illustrated half title page. 619 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. ; 640 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. [Association copy, inscribed by Padma Viswanathan to noted scholar Richard A. Macksey on title page.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* "Brings us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change." "Richard A. Macksey was a celebrated Johns Hopkins University professor whose affiliation with the university spanned six and a half decades. A legendary figure not only in his own fields of critical theory, comparative literature, and film studies but across all the humanities, Macksey possessed enormous intellectual capacity and a deeply insightful human nature. He was a man who read and wrote in six languages, was instrumental in launching a new era in structuralist thought in America, maintained a personal library containing a staggering collection of books and manuscripts, inspired generations of students to follow him to the thorniest heights of the human intellect, and penned or edited dozens of volumes of scholarly works, fiction, poetry, and translation." - Johns Hopkins University. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. AUTHOR SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE WITH DEDICATION. Stated: First U.S. edition with complete letter line beginning with "A". Clean, tight and bright. No bumps, creases, rears or stains. Spine slightly rolled. Not price-clipped, remaindered or library withdrawn. Mylar-protected dust jacket. Shipped padded in a box with tracking number provided on domestic shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Viswanathan, Padma. The toss of a lemon. Orlando, Austin: Harcourt, 2008, stated First U.S. edition, and 1st printing letter line starting with A ending with B, 619pp., beautiful dust-jacket in mylar sleeve, cover price $26.00, fresh attractive copy, appears unused, brown and yellow hardcover. somewhat oddly SIGNED on title page, printed name crossed out, black ink emblem-like F F shapes as signature. Spanning the lifetime of one woman (1896-1962), The Toss of a Lemon brings readers intimately into a Brahmin household, into an India in the midst of social and political upheaval. Married at ten, widowed at eighteen, left with two children, Sivakami must wear widow's whites, shave her head, and touch no one from dawn to dusk. She is not allowed to remarry, and in the next sixty years she ventures outside her family compound only three times. ISBN 9780151015337.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Signed by Author; Light edge wear to book & dust jacket ; Inscribed by author on title page. Menu for a breakfast promoting the book laid in. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book.; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.70 inches; 619 pages; In south India in 1896, ten-year old Sivakami is about to embark on a new life. Hanumarathnam, a village healer with some renown as an astrologer, has approached her parents with a marriage proposal. In keeping with custom, he provides his prospective in-laws with his horoscope. The problem is that his includes a prediction, albeit a weak one, that he will die in his tenth year of marriage.Despite the ominous horoscope, Sivakami's parents hesitate only briefly, won over by the young man and his family's reputation as good, upstanding Brahmins. Once married, Sivikami and Hanumarathnam grow to love one another and the bride, now in her teens, settles into a happy life. But the predictions of Hanumarathnam's horoscope are never far from her new husband's mind. When their first child is born, as a strategy for accurately determining his child's astrological charts, Hanumarathnam insists the midwife toss a lemon from the window of the birthing room the moment his child appears. All is well with their first child, a daughter, Thangam, whose birth has a positive influence on her father's astrological future. But this influence is fleeting: when a son, Vairum, is born, his horoscope confirms that his father will die within three years.Resigned to his fate, Hanumarathnam sets himself to the unpleasant task of readying his household for his imminent death. Knowing the hardships and social restrictions Sivakami will face as a Brahmin widow, he hires and trains a servant boy called Muchami to help Sivakami manage the household and properties until Vairum is of age.When Sivakami is eighteen, Hanumarathnam dies as predicted. Relentless in her adherence to the traditions that define her Brahmin caste, she shaves her head and dons the white sari of the widow. With some reluctance, she moves to her family home to raise her children under the protection of her brothers, but then realizes that they are not acting in the best interests of her children. With her daughter already married to an unreliable husband of her brothers' choosing, and Vairum's future also at risk, Sivakami leaves her brothers and returns to her marital home to raise her family.With the freedom to make decisions for her son's future, Sivakami defies tradition and chooses to give him a secular education. While her choice ensures that Vairum fulfills his promise, it also sets Sivakami on a collision course with him. Vairum, fatherless in childhood, childless as an adult, rejects the caste identity that is his mother's mainstay, twisting their fates in fascinating and unbearable ways.

ARC. Condition: New. No Jacket. First U.S. Edition. Advance Reading Copy. Spanning the life of one woman (1896-1962), THE TOSS OF A LEMON brings us intimately into a Brahmin household, into an India we've never before seen. Married at ten, widowed at eighteen, left with two children, Sivakami must wear widow's whites, shave her head, and touch no one from dawn to dusk. She is not allowed to remarry, and in the next sixty years she ventures outside the family compound only three times. She is extremely orthodox in her behavior except for one defiant act: She moves back to her dead husband's house and village to raise her children. That decision sets the course of her children's and grandchildren's lives, twisting their fates in surprising, sometimes heartbreaking ways. Inspired by her grandmother's stories, Padma Viswanathan masterfully brings to life a profoundly exotic yet utterly recognizable family in the midst of social and political upheaval. 'THE TOSS OF A LEMON is a captivating novel that in relating the story of one Indian woman and her family tells the story of a changing society. Precisely and deftly written, constantly interesting, morally serious yet sympathetic--I challenge any reader to start reading this book and give up on it.' {Yann Martel, THE LIFE OF PI}. THE TOSS OF A LEMON is the debut of a major new writer. New ARC in pictorial wraps. 640 pp. L66.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing of the first Canadian hardcover edition of the Canadian author's first book SIGNED by her on the title page. Creme-coloured boards and binding with orange endpapers and gold titles. The textured surface of the jacket simulates silk. A first rate copy of a lovely production. The book is tight and sits squarely, and the corners of the boards are sharp. The heel of the spine has softened. The jacket is bright, crisp and price intact. We've examined many copies of this book, and the jacket is tough to find in collector's condition. This example is very pleasing. The author's fiction has been published in eight countries and shortlisted for the PEN USA Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Toss of a Lemon is a captivating novel that in relating the story of one Indian woman and her family tells the story of a changing society. Precisely and deftly written, constantly interesting, morally serious yet sympathetic--I challenge any reader to start reading this book and give up on it. The Toss of a Lemon joins the company of great novels on India. Yann Martel. Canadian buyer will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First U. S. Edition (First Thus) With The Alpha Line Indicating A First Printing. The Book Is Bound In One Quarter Burgundy Over Tan Textured Paper With Gilt Stamped Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Minor Wear And A Light Bump To The Upper Back Corner And The Lower Spine Tip. The Unclipped Jacket Has No Chips Or Tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page Fine/fine. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wrappers. 1st Printing. Signed by Viswanathan. A fine copy in wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book has white boards with gold lettering on spine. D.J. has very slight edgewear ow vg. Book is very clean. Has full run of numbers appears to be first printing. Large book. May cost extra to mail.

Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. First edition. First printing of author's first book. As new/As new. Mint. Signed on title page. Mylar covered. Signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition gold boards with maroon spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Epilogue; and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece drawing and a double-page family tree. "Inspired by her family history, Padma Viswanathan takes us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family, bringing to life an India we've never before seen. At the novel's heart is Sivakami, married at ten, widowed at eighteen, and left with two childre. According to the dictates of her caste, her head is shaved and she must wear widow's whites. From dawn to dusk, she is not allowed to contaminate herself with human touch, not even to comfort her small children. And she dutifully follows custom, except for one defiant act: She moves back to her dead husband's house and village to raise her children. Her servant, Muchami, a closeted gay man who is bound by a very different set of caste rules, becomes her public face. This singular relationship, scrupulously formal yet indispensalbe fot both, holds three generations together through a turbulent half century of social and political change. The Toss of a Lemon is heartbreaking and exhilarating, profoundly exotic yet utterly recognizable in evoking the tensions that change brings to every family. At once epic and intimate, this masterful novel is the debut of a major new storyteller." - from the inner front jacket flap. "[The book] is a cpativating novel that in relating the story of one Indian woman and her family tells the story of a changing society. Precisely and deftly written, constantly interesting, mrally serious yet sympathetic - I challenge any reader to start reading this book and give up on it. The Toss of a Lemon joins the company of great novels on India." - Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi. "What pleasure I had reading this rich and fascinating saga. It had me keeping the light on into the night, mad to find out what happened next." - Lynn Freed, author of The Mirror.