1512072
9780670031924
"[E]xotic, sensual, sometimes sentimental, often searing, and ultimately universal....[T]he story's richness and careful accumulation of detail are reminiscent of a very different family chronicle, Thomas Mann's BUDDENBROOKS. Read this one slowly, to savor.Manicka, Rani is the author of 'Rice Mother', published 2003 under ISBN 9780670031924 and ISBN 0670031925.
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