The Fire Sacrifice (HAVAN)

By Susham Bedi

Book Overview

A major Hindi novel of migration and women's lives, The Fire Sacrifice returns in a powerful new translation by Jerry Pinto, offering a sharply intimate portrait of the Indian diaspora in America.As... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435950878
• ISBN13: 9780435950873
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Great panorama of the Indian American experience

I have to say this book wasn't what I expected. I thought it would be a bit of a traditional tale about immigrant done good, sort of an Indian Horatio Alger thing (which is what the person who got it for me told me to expect). What I got was a not exactly feel good but extremely moving portrait of the trials and tribulations of Guddo, the title character, a widow who must raise her kids amidst the maelstrom of American culture. Well worth the read: too bad it wasn't longer...