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Burnt sugar / Avni Doshi.
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, 'Burnt Sugar' is a searing literary debut novel set in India about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419752926 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 231 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : The Overlook Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Shorlisted the 2020 Booker Prize"--Dust jacket. |
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| Subject: | Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Betrayal > Fiction. Caregivers > Fiction. Pune (India) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Doshi | 31681010222818 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a literary debut novel set in India is about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal. - 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, 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." - Grand Central Pub
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal
NPR Best Book of 2020
âI would be lying if I say my motherâs misery has never given me pleasure,â says Antara, Taraâs now-adult daughter.
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashramâs spiritual leader, Baba, little Antara is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the ashram after a devastating loss. Tara also embarks on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents) and spends years chasing a disheveled, homeless artist, all with young Antara in tow. But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adultââan artist and marriedââand 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, Tibor Jones South Asia Prizeâwinning writer Avni Doshi tells a story, at once shocking and empathetic, about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is a stunning and unforgettable debut. - 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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NPR Best Book of 2020
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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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In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashramâs spiritual leader, Baba, little Antara is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the ashram after a devastating loss. Tara also embarks on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents) and spends years chasing a disheveled, homeless artist, all with young Antara in tow. But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adultââan artist and marriedââand 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, Tibor Jones South Asia Prizeâwinning writer Avni Doshi tells a story, at once shocking and empathetic, about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is a stunning and unforgettable debut. - Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal
NPR Best Book of 2020
'I would be lying if I say my mother's misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Tara's now-adult daughter.
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashram's spiritual leader, Baba, little Antara is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the ashram after a devastating loss. Tara also embarks on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents) and spends years chasing a disheveled, homeless artist, all with young Antara in tow. But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adult''an artist and married''and 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 Tara's memory loss real? Are Antara's memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Tibor Jones South Asia Prize'winning writer Avni Doshi tells a story, at once shocking and empathetic, about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is a stunning and unforgettable debut.
