Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta

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'Memories of Rain marks the triumphant debut of a gifted and compelling voice...Gupta has built upon tradition and rendered it new and compelling. And she has done so in writing of the highest quality, perceptive, precise, and wholly original.'--Shashi Tharoor, The Washington Post

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She saw, that afternoon, on Oxford Street, a woman crushing ice cream cones with her heels to feed the pigeons.

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This is book 228 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

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Sunetra Gupta (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0802114482
Page Count: 198

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Dewey: 823

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Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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