Burnt sugar
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419752933
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Physical Description:
232 pages ; 21 cm
print - Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2021
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Subject: | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction Betrayal -- Fiction Caregivers -- Fiction Pune (India) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Camosun College Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Interurban Library | PS 3604 O814 B87 2021 (Text) | 26040003453079 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
Lansdowne Library | PS 3604 O814 B87 2021 (Text) | 26040003453087 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist' - all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her. This is a love story and a story about betrayal. But not between lovers - between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds two women together, making and unmaking them endlessly"-- - Grand Central Pub
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayalâI would be lying if I say my motherâs misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Taraâs now-adult daughter.
This is a love story and a story about betrayalânot between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. . . . In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, embarked on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing a disheveled, homeless âartist,â all with little Antara in tow.
But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adultâan artist and marriedâand must search for a way to make peace with a past that haunts her as she confronts the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.
Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds mother and daughter: Is Taraâs memory loss real? Are Antaraâs memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Avni Doshi tells a story at once shocking and empathetic of a mother-daughter relationship and a daughterâs search for self. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is the stunning and unforgettable debut of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. - Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, Avni Doshiâs Burnt Sugar is a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal.
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âI would be lying if I say my motherâs misery has never given me pleasure,â says Antara, Taraâs now-adult daughter.
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This is a love story and a story about betrayalânot between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. . . . In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, embarked on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing a disheveled, homeless âartist,â all with little Antara in tow.
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But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adultâan artist and marriedâand must search for a way to make peace with a past that haunts her as she confronts the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her.
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Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, Burnt Sugar unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds mother and daughter: Is Taraâs memory loss real? Are Antaraâs memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Avni Doshi tells a story at once shocking and empathetic of a mother-daughter relationship and a daughterâs search for self. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is the stunning and unforgettable debut of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.