The national bestselling novel--from t he author of Bombay Time , If Today Be Sweet , and The Weight of Heaven --vividly captures the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family--now available in a limited Olive Edition. "Umrigar is a skilled storyteller, and her memorable characters will live on for a long time."-- Washington Post Book World Set in modern-day India, The Space Between Us is the story of two compelling and achingly ...
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The national bestselling novel--from t he author of Bombay Time , If Today Be Sweet , and The Weight of Heaven --vividly captures the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family--now available in a limited Olive Edition. "Umrigar is a skilled storyteller, and her memorable characters will live on for a long time."-- Washington Post Book World Set in modern-day India, The Space Between Us is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years. A powerful and perceptive literary masterwork, author Thrity Umrigar's extraordinary novel demonstrates how the lives of the rich and poor are intrinsically connected yet vastly removed from each other, and how the strong bonds of womanhood are eternally opposed by the divisions of class and culture. Poignant, evocative, and unforgettable, The Space Between Us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world.
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This is a beutifully written book. The "space between" people being on so many levels. I hope to read others by this author. I highly recommend it.
Lanternjo
Oct 14, 2010
Caste system in India
This book compares two women's lives whom belong to different social and economic strata in India. It is a very realistic book, and therefore, sometimes very sad.
I only gave it 3 stars because it was a little depressing too read.
Alyse A
Aug 27, 2010
Read this book!
What a fabulous book! It's well written, stylistically beautiful and thought provoking. The main character is gentle and thoroughly likeable, I found I had real sympathy for her in life's difficult situations. No trite ending either! I can't wait to read more by Thrity Unrigar!
batycoda30
Aug 8, 2007
Wonderfully written!
Thrity Umrigar has written a superb novel about the various differences that exist between the wealthy and the underpriviledged in India, some obvious, some more subtle. I had expected a dry, scholarly-toned novel, and therefore wasn't too keen on reading it; however, before the end of the first chapter, I found myself wanting to continue and could not put the book down. In fact, I read it in only 2 sittings within a 48-hour time period. The story captured my attention almost immediately, and I gave the novel to my mother the very next day, because I wanted to discuss the story, particularly the ending, with someone else.
