Cracking India
by:
Bapsi Sidhwa (author)
Eight-year-old Lenny, spirited daughter of an affluent Parsee family, narrates the story of the breaking of India as she witnesses Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs fight for their land and their lives during the dividing of the country into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan in 1947. This 1991...
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Eight-year-old Lenny, spirited daughter of an affluent Parsee family, narrates the story of the breaking of India as she witnesses Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs fight for their land and their lives during the dividing of the country into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan in 1947. This 1991 Liberatur Prize winner, NYT Notable Book and ALA Notable nominee is now available in paperback for the first time.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780915943562 (0915943565)
Publish date: September 1st 1992
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Asia,
Womens,
Pakistan
I can't help comparing this to the film "Earth," which came from the book. I liked the book, but the film is one of my favorites. I feel like the book lacks a depth that I thought should have been there. I read other reviews trying to figure out what it was that was missing, and maybe it is the tel...
I liked this book b/c it delivers history in the framework of a wonderful story. You learn about Pakistan and what happened after India gained independence. What was it like living through this period?
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