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- EX-LIBRARY
- Publication Name
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- ISBN
- 9781608192779
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1608192776
ISBN-13
9781608192779
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84398498
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pleasure Seekers : a Novel
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-000737
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"[A] rich debut.. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace." -- Booklist "This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights." -- Salman Rushdie "I read this book almost in one sitting, and became completely engaged by the characters. I suffered those horrible, familiar pangs of literary envy." -- Louis de Bernires, author of Corelli's Mandolin "A seductive and lovable novel: it is about pleasure sought and, more importantly, pleasure found." -- Guardian "A charming, moving, cross-generational tale." -- Daily Beast " The Pleasure Seekers helps renew your faith in what affection, love, and desire can do . " -- Barnes & Noble Review, "[A] rich debut.. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace." -- Booklist "This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights." -- Salman Rushdie "I read this book almost in one sitting, and became completely engaged by the characters. I suffered those horrible, familiar pangs of literary envy." -- Louis de Bernières, author of Corelli's Mandolin "A seductive and lovable novel: it is about pleasure sought and, more importantly, pleasure found." -- Guardian "A charming, moving, cross-generational tale." -- Daily Beast " The Pleasure Seekers helps renew your faith in what affection, love, and desire can do . " -- Barnes & Noble Review, "[A] rich debut.. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace." -Booklist"This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights."--Salman Rushdie"I read this book almost in one sitting, and became completely engaged by the characters. I suffered those horrible, familiar pangs of literary envy."-- Louis de Bernières, author ofCorelli's Mandolin "A seductive and lovable novel: it is about pleasure sought and, more importantly, pleasure found."- Guardian, I read this book almost in one sitting, and became completely engaged by the characters. I suffered those horrible, familiar pangs of literary envy., "[A] rich debut.. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace." - Booklist "This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights." - Salman Rushdie "I read this book almost in one sitting, and became completely engaged by the characters. I suffered those horrible, familiar pangs of literary envy." - Louis de Bernières, author of Corelli's Mandolin "A seductive and lovable novel: it is about pleasure sought and, more importantly, pleasure found." - Guardian "A charming, moving, cross-generational tale." - Daily Beast " The Pleasure Seekers helps renew your faith in what affection, love, and desire can do . " - Barnes & Noble Review, [A] rich debut.. Doshi tackles some heavy issues, such as the difficulties of leaving family behind and the ongoing repercussions of that choice, with intelligence and grace., This is a captivating, delightful novel. I was totally engaged by Tishani Doshi's people and by their world, and the language often rises - when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love - to powerful metaphorical heights.
Synopsis
Meet the Patel-Joneses--Babo, Sian, Mayuri, and Bean--in their little house with orange and black gates next door to the Punjab Women's Association in Madras. Babo grew up here, but he and Sian, his cream-skinned Welsh love, met in London. Babo's parents disapproved. And then they disapproved unless the couple moved back to Madras. So here they are. And as the twentieth century creaks and croaks its way along, Babo, Sian, and the children navigate their way through the uncharted territory of a "hybrid" family: the hustle and bustle of Babo's relatives; the faraway phone-line crackle of Sian's; the eternal wisdom and soft bosom of Great-Grandmother Ba; the perils of first love, lost innocence, and old age; and the big question: What do you do with the space your loved ones leave behind? Tishani Doshi, a prizewinning poet, plunges into fiction for the first time with this tender and uplifting debut. With rich feeling and dazzling language, Doshi evokes both Zadie Smith and Rohinton Mistry as she captures the quirks and calamities of one unusual clan in a story of identity, family, belonging, and all-transcending love., Meet the Patel-Joneses--Babo, Sian, Mayuri, and Bean--in their little house with orange and black gates next door to the Punjab Women's Association in Madras. Babo grew up here, but he and Sian, his cream-skinned Welsh love, met in London. Babo's parents disapproved. And then they disapproved unless the couple moved back to Madras. So here they are. And as the twentieth century creaks and croaks its way along, Babo, Sian, and the children navigate their way through the uncharted territory of a hybrid family: the hustle and bustle of Babo's relatives; the faraway phone-line crackle of Sian's; the eternal wisdom and soft bosom of Great-Grandmother Ba; the perils of first love, lost innocence, and old age; and the big question: What do you do with the space your loved ones leave behind? Tishani Doshi, a prizewinning poet, plunges into fiction for the first time with this tender and uplifting debut. With rich feeling and dazzling language, Doshi evokes both Zadie Smith and Rohinton Mistry as she captures the quirks and calamities of one unusual clan in a story of identity, family, belonging, and all-transcending love.
LC Classification Number
PR9499.4.D67P57 2010
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