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Swamy, Shruti, 1985-
Subjects
Women -- Fiction.
Daughters -- Fiction.
Kathak dancers -- Fiction.
Kathak (Dance) -- Fiction.
Mumbai (India) -- Fiction.
India -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Swamy, Shruti, 1985-
Women -- Fiction.
Daughters -- Fiction.
Kathak dancers -- Fiction.
Kathak (Dance) -- Fiction.
Mumbai (India) -- Fiction.
India -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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The archer / a novel by Shruti Anna Swamy.
by
Swamy, Shruti, 1985-
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION
SWA
Subjects
Women
--
Fiction
.
Daughters
--
Fiction
.
Kathak
dancers
--
Fiction
.
Kathak
(Dance)
--
Fiction
.
Mumbai (India)
--
Fiction
.
India
--
Social life and customs
--
20th century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781616209902 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
293 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Vidya, a rebellious young dancer and motherless daughter, comes of age in 1960s and 1970s Bombay"--From publisher.
"A young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya's childhood is marked by the shattering absence and then the bewildering reappearance of her mother and baby brother at the family home. Restless, observant, and longing for connection with her brilliant and increasingly troubled mother, Vidya navigates the stifling expectations of her life with a vivid imagination until one day she peeks into a classroom where girls are learning
kathak
, a dazzling, centuries-old dance form that requires the utmost discipline and focus. Her pursuit of artistic transcendence through
kathak
soon becomes the organizing principle of her life, even as she leaves home for college and falls in complicated love with her best friend. As the uncertain future looms, she must ultimately confront the tensions between romantic love, her art, and the legacy of her own imperfect mother.
Genre:
Bildungsromans.
Historical
fiction
.
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Adult Fiction
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