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Description edit
“Set in 1920s India, this magical debut novel tells the story of beautiful Anuradha, whose songs are spellbinding, but whose fate is troubled.” –Elle When the astonishingly lovely Anuradha moves to Bombay to marry Vardhmaan, a charming young doctor, their life together has all the makings of... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Anuradha Gandharva: the protagonist...a beautiful woman from udaipur marries a doctor in bombay
- Nandini Hariharan: Add a description of this character.
- Mohan
- Dr Vardhmaan Gandharva
- Pallavi
- Sherman Miller
- Khalil Muratta
- Shloka
- Krishnan
- Edward
- Mrs Patwardhan
- Percival Worthington
- Zenobia
- Lady Worthington
- Raghubir
- Dariya Mahal
- Gandhi
- Lucinda Cummings
- Tarun Khokla
- Yeats
- Matheran
- Picasso
- Mr Bunkusdaas
- Dr Mody
Quotes edit
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“"It's bigger than us," Anuradha accepted. "So we confuse ourselves over it. And of course, its vastness overwhelms. But then that is the only lesson in life. How to love. How to love well, with a detached eye but a concerned hand. How to understand and surrender to its countless contradictions. Most important, though, how to never stop loving."”
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“Because his moving out had been so seamless, it made her feel that he had never even lived here. The exodus was impeccable, without a trail to point a finger at or a spoor to follow. This evanescent deception, nevertheless, was hardly any consolation for an anguish that would tremble inside her, form patterns over her soul like old seashells that become patterned by spending far too much time in rough water.”
First Sentence edit
On the day Anuradha Patwardhan was leaving Udaipur for Bombay to marry a man she had not even met in the twenty-one years of her existence, her mother clutched her lovely hand through the window of the black Victoria and whispered: 'In this life, my darling, there is no mercy.'
Table of Contents edit
Part One: Violins and Frangipani
Chapters 1 - 12
Part Two: In a House by the Sea
Chapters 13 - 25
Part Three: Matheran Madness
Chapters 26 - 35
Part Four: Silver Anklets
Chapters 36 - 46
Authors & Contributors edit
- Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi (Author)
Awards edit
- Betty Trask Award (2004, #3)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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