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Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi (English) Paperback Book
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- ISBN-13
- 9780060898823
- Type
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- ISBN
- 9780060898823
- Book Title
- Karma and Other Stories
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), General, Asian American
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Item Weight
- 7.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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In this sparkling collection, award-winning writer Rishi Reddi weaves a multigenerational tapestry of interconnected lives, depicting members of an Indian American community struggling to balance the demands of tradition with the allure of Western life. In "Lord Krishna," a teenager is offended when his evangelical history teacher likens the Hindu deity to Satan, but ultimately forgives the teacher against his father's wishes. In the title story, "Karma," an unemployed professor rescues birds in downtown Boston after his wealthy brother kicks him out of his home. In "Justice Shiva Ram Murthy," which appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2005, an irascible retired judge reconnects with a childhood friend while adjusting to a new life with his daughter and her American husband. In "Devadasi," a beautiful young woman raised in the United States travels back to India and challenges the sexual confines of her culture. And in "Bangles," a widow decides to return to her native village to flee her son's off-putting American ways. Set mostly in the Boston area, with side trips to an isolated immigrant community in Wichita, Kansas, and the characters' hometown of Hyderabad, India, Karma and Other Stories introduces a luminous new voice.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060898828
ISBN-13
9780060898823
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57224759
Product Key Features
Book Title
Karma and Other Stories
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), General, Asian American
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Item Weight
7.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri…a gem of a book…characters remain etched in memory…, Reddi's characters are complicated people...and, as are the stories they inhabit, memorable and very worthy of our attention. Exquisite., …reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty… substance and depth., ...reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty... substance and depth., …Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters., "Reddi's understated prose and her choice of detail give her revelations a quiet power." -- The New Yorker "[A]mong such time-tested topics of immigrant fiction, Reddi suddenly soars." -- San Francisco Chronicle "While many of the stories seem simple, characters and plots linger long after you turn the page." -- Washington Post "...reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty... substance and depth." -- Philadelphia Inquirer "Reddi has produced a piece of writing that masterfully contrasts the assumed with the experienced, myth with reality." -- India Currents "...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri...a gem of a book...characters remain etched in memory..." -- Indian Express "In deceptively simple prose...a compassionate look at what happens when the insular world of the Indian immigrant is breached." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "...Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters." -- Publishers Weekly "This excellent debut collection... [offers] elegant studies of a culture that is both familiar and foreign." -- Booklist "Reddi's voice is gentle and her eye watchful...A soft-spoken, sympathetic collection." -- Kirkus Reviews "Sad, sweet, tender--a truly lovely book." -- Kiran Desai, Man Book Prize-winning author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS "Only the finest writers can craft short stories with the richness of a novel...[an] exceptional debut collection." -- Arthur Golden, bestselling author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA "Rishi Reddi has written a unique and beautiful book with the power to both entertain and educate." -- Judith Guest, bestselling author of ORDINARY PEOPLE "Reddi's characters are complicated people...and, as are the stories they inhabit, memorable and very worthy of our attention. Exquisite." -- Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of AN ALMOST PERFECT MOMENT "Reddi is the brightest light in Boston's latest literary constellation." -- Boston magazine, ...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri...a gem of a book...characters remain etched in memory..., .reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty. substance and depth., This excellent debut collection... [offers] elegant studies of a culture that is both familiar and foreign., In deceptively simple prose...a compassionate look at what happens when the insular world of the Indian immigrant is breached., Only the finest writers can craft short stories with the richness of a novel...[an] exceptional debut collection., "Sad, sweet, tender--a truly lovely book." (Kiran Desai, Man Book Prize-winning author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS), Reddi has produced a piece of writing that masterfully contrasts the assumed with the experienced, myth with reality., ...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri.a gem of a book.characters remain etched in memory., ...Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters.
Lccn
2006-046352
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
22
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