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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Awake When All the World Is Asleep

by (author) Shree Ghatage

Publisher
House of Anansi Press Inc
Initial publish date
Sep 1997
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887846021
    Publish Date
    Sep 1997
    List Price
    $18.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770891173
    Publish Date
    Sep 1997
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

It is the mid-seventies, and Shaila has returned to Bombay for her father's sixtieth birthday party. In the linked stories that follow, Shree Gatage renders an India that can only be revealed by first leaving, and then returning again -- in the end, for Shaila, for good.

 

In this highly accomplished first collection, Ghatage reveals a true gift for bringing sparkling characters to life: A young woman who was orphaned in adolescence finally comes to recognize and accept what it is to be loved; a mother in search of an acceptable husband for her daughter rejects one boy because his sister leads her life by the number five; fate keeps a man from continuing his family line when each of the women he marries dies.

 

A whole rich world opens up as Ghatage lovingly articulates the minutiae of daily life in India's urban south in this lively, humorous, poignant collection.

About the author

Shree Ghatage was born in Bombay, India, and lived in St. John's Newfoundland. She has won three awards in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition. Shree Ghatage now lives in Calgary.

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