Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

India, 1947. Una familia de tres hermanas vive en una aldea rural de Bengala. Priya, inteligente e idealista, sueña con seguir los pasos de su padre y convertirse en médica, desafiando las normas que impone la sociedad. Deepa, la belleza de la familia, aspira a un matrimonio que eleve el estatus familiar. Jamini, devota y perspicaz, es una prodigiosa artesana de colchas, pero sus anhelos mas profundos permanecen ocultos.La paz y el amor que comparten en su hogar son un refugio contra los violentos acontecimientos que se viven en la India. Todo cambia cuando el padre muere durante un motin e incluso los vecinos se vuelven en contra de la familia. Ahora, las tres jovenes y su madre viuda deben encontrar su camino en una epoca despiadada.Los cambios son drasticos y peligrosos tras la particion de la India: ahora la India es de los hindues y Pakistan es de los musulmanes. Las hermanas son separadas por sus propias decisiones, enamorarse de la persona equivocada, o buscar una libertad prohibida para una mujer. Su futuro es incierto y peligroso, y lo unico que les queda es confiar en el lazo inquebrantable que aun las une, quizas su unica salvacion.

Dans La Reine des rêves, C. B. Divakaruni retrouve le fil enchanté de La Maîtresse des épices, une prose généreuse où le réalisme se pare de couleurs et de senteurs magiques puisées aux sources profo

Dans La Reine des rêves, C. B. Divakaruni retrouve le fil enchanté de La Maîtresse des épices, une prose généreuse où le réalisme se pare de couleurs et de senteurs magiques puisées aux sources profo

Una vecchia signora indiana in una botteguccia di Oakland, California, con le sue mani nodose sfiora polveri e semi, foglie e bacche, alla ricerca del sapore piu squisito o del sortilegio piu sottile. E' Tilo, la Maga delle Spezie. La sua storia inizia in uno sperduto villaggio indiano dove la rapiscono i pirati, attratti dai suoi arcani e misteriosi poteri, per portarla su un'isola stregata e meravigliosa. Li Tilo apprende la magia delle spezie che in America le permettera di aiutare chi, come lei, si e lasciato l'India alle spalle. Nella Bottega della Maga, dunque, sfilano vite e desideri, fatiche e speranze d'immigrati, e le spezie, con i loro mille, minuscoli occhi, scrutano ogni gesto della loro signora.

A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spies about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another - a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love. The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family's situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from Kolkata takes Sabitri under her wing, but her generosity soon proves dangerous after the girl makes a single, unforgiveable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter, Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees abroad with her political refugee lover - but the America she finds is vastly different from the country she'd imagined. As the marriage crumbles and Bela is forced to forge her own path, she unwittingly imprints her own child, Tara, with indelible lessons about freedom, heartbreak, and loyalty that will take a lifetime to unravel. In her latest novel, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, and the different kinds of love that bind us across generations. Before We Visit the Goddess captures the gorgeous complexity of these multi-generational and transcontinental bonds, sweeping across the twentieth century from the countryside of Bengal, India, to the streets of Houston, Texas - an extraordinary journey told through a sparkling symphony of voices.

Lorsque Draupadi était encore petite fille dans le palais de son père, le sage Vyasa lui a prédit son avenir : elle épousera les cinq plus grands héros de son temps et sera la maîtresse du plus magiq

Pour les familiers qui fréquentent le lieu clos et magique de son épicerie, Tilo est maîtresse dans lart ancestral des épices. Elle a reçu ce savoir de "Première mère" sur une île secrète de sa terre

Lorsque Draupadi était encore petite fille dans le palais de son père, le sage Vyasa lui a prédit son avenir : elle épousera les cinq plus grands héros de son temps et sera la maîtresse du plus magiq

Pour les familiers qui fréquentent le lieu clos et magique de son épicerie, Tilo est maîtresse dans lart ancestral des épices. Elle a reçu ce savoir de "Première mère" sur une île secrète de sa terre

Les plus belles histoire d''amour sont souvent les histoires de fratrie, d''amitié indéfectible comme celle-là. Toute l''Inde, ses parfums, ses coutumes défilent devant vos yeux. Ce livre est non seu

A story of mysticism and romance set in present-day California.Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn''t just a shopkeeper, she is alsoThe Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.

From the acclaimed author of The Palace of Illusions, nine strangers are forced to connect in the wake of a natural disaster in this emotionally thrilling novel."Powerful and beautifully written." Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. A punky teenager with an unexpected gift. An upper-class Caucasian couple whose relationship is disintegrating. A young Muslim-American man struggling with the fallout of 9/11. A graduate student haunted by a question about love. An African-American ex-soldier searching for redemption. A Chinese grandmother with a secret past. And two visa office workers on the verge of an adulterous affair. When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. Theres little food. The office begins to flood. Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the young graduate student suggests that each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself.One Amazing Thing is a passionate creation about survivaland what makes life worth fighting for.

WINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR!LONGLISTED for 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!She rose from commoner to become the last reigning queen of Indias Sikh Empire. In this dazzling novel, based on true-life events, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni presents the unforgettable story of Jindan, who transformed herself from daughter of the royal kennel keeper to powerful monarch. Sharp-eyed, stubborn, and passionate, Jindan was known for her beauty. When she caught the eye of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, she was elevated to royalty, becoming his youngest and last queenand his favorite. And when her son, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne, Jindan assumed the regency. She transformed herself from pampered wife to warrior ruler, determined to protect her people and her sons birthright from the encroaching British Empire.Defying tradition, she stepped out of the zenana, cast aside the veil, and conducted state business in public, inspiring her subjects in two wars. Her power and influence were so formidable that the British, fearing an uprising, robbed the rebel queen of everything she had, but nothing crushed her indomitable will.An exquisite love story of a king and a commoner, a cautionary tale about loyalty and betrayal, a powerful parable of the indestructible bond between mother and child, and an inspiration for our times, Chitra Banerjee Divakarunis novel brings alive one of the most fearless women of the nineteenth century, one whose story cries out to be told.

In nine poignant stories spiked with humor and intelligence, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni captures lives at crossroad momentscaught between past and present, home and abroad, tradition and fresh experience.A widow in California, recently arrived from India, struggles to adapt to a world in which neighbors are strangers and her domestic skills are deemed superfluous in the award-winning Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter. In The Intelligence of Wild Things, a woman from Sacramento visits her brother in Vermont to inform him that back in Calcutta their mother is dying. And in the title story, a painter looks to ancient myth and the example of her grandmother for help in navigating her first real crisis of faith.Knowing, compassionate and expertly rendered, the stories in The Unknown Errors of Our Livesdepict the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.

From the bestselling author of Sister of My Heart comes a spellbinding tale of mothers and daughters, love and cultural identity. Rakhi, a young painter and single mother, is struggling to come to terms with her relationship with ex-husband Sonny, a hip Bay Area DJ, and with her dream-teller mother, who has rarely spoken about her past or her native India. Rakhi has her hands full, juggling a creative dry spell, raising her daughter, and trying to save the Berkeley teahouse she and her best friend Belle own. But greater challenges are to come. When a national tragedy turns her world upside down and Rakhi needs her mothers strength and wisdom more than ever, she loses her in a freak car accident. But uncovering her mothers dream journals allows Rakhi to discover her mothers long-kept secrets and sacrificesand ultimately to confront her fears, forge a new relationship with her father, and revisit Sonnys place in her heart.

Like Divakarunis much-loved and bestselling short story collection Arranged Marriage, this collection of poetry deals with India and the Indian experience in America, from the adventures of going to a convent school in India run by Irish nuns (Growing up in Darjeeling) to the history of the earliest Indian immigrants in the U.S. (Yuba City Poems).Groups of interlinked poems divided into six sections are peopled by many of the same characters and explore varying themes. Here, Divakaruni is particularly interested in how different art forms can influence and inspire each other. One section, entitled Indian Miniatures, is based on and named after a series of paintings by Francesco Clemente. Another, called Moving Pictures, is based on Indian films, including Mira Nairs "Salaam Bombay" and Satyajit Rays "Ghare Baire." Photographs by Raghubir Singh inspired the section entitled Rajasthani. The trials and tribulations of growing up and immigration are also considered here and, as with all of Divakarunis writing, these poems deal with the experience of women and their struggle to find identities for themselves.This collection is touched with the same magic and universal appeal that excited readers of Arranged Marriage. In Leaving Yuba City, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni proves once again her remarkable literary talents.

The beloved characters of Chitra Banerjee Divakarunis bestselling novel Sister of My Heartare reunited in this powerful narrative that challenges the emotional bond between two lifelong friends, as the husband of one becomes dangerously attracted to the other.Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with her and her husband, Sunil, in California, Sudha foolishly accepts, knowing full well that Sunil has long desired her. As Sunils attraction rises to the surface, the trio must struggle to make sense of the freedoms of Americaand of the ties that bind them to India and to one another.

Divakaruni tells the story of Indias independence through the eyes of three sisters, each of whom is uniquely different, with her own desires and flaws. I cheered for them and cried with them as they move through the history of their country that is at once devastating, inspiring, and triumphant. You will, too. Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling authorSet during the partition of British India in 1947, a time when neighbor was pitted against neighbor and families were torn apart, award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakarunis novel brings to life the sweeping story of three sisters caught up in events beyond their control, their unbreakable bond, and their incredible struggle against powerful odds.India, 1947.In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her fathers footsteps and become a doctor, though society frowns on it.Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status.Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals.Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home.As Priya determinedly pursues her career goal, Deepa falls deeply in love with a Muslim, causing her to break with her family. And Jamini attempts to hold her family together, even as she secretly longs for her sisters fianceWhen the partition of India is officially decided, a drasticand dangerouschange is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on different paths. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but each other.Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni outdoes herself with this deeply moving story of sisterhood and friendship, painting an account of Indias independence simultaneously exhilarating and devastating, that will make any readernew or olda devoted fan.