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Uma, the plain spinster daughter of a close-knit Indian family, is trapped at home, smothered by her overbearing parents and their traditions, unlike her ambitious younger sister Aruna, who brings off a "good" marriage, and brother Arun, the disappointing son and heir who is studying in America.AcroContinue
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Messages & Silence
In a town in Bihar State in India, on the veranda overlooking their garden, a husband and wife sit side by side, rocking in a sofa-swing, chatting quietly about yesterday evening’s bridge game at the club, about tonight’s dinner menu, about events at ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Hardcover 323 Pages
- Edition: Largeprint
- ISBN-10: 0754042391
- ISBN-13: 9780754042396
- Publisher: Chivers
- Pub date: Jun 01, 2000
- Also available as: Paperback and Audio Cassette
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780754042396 | Hardcover | $24.13 | -- | The Book Depository |
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