Ice Candy Man
by:
Bapsi Sidhwa (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140117677 (0140117679)
Publish date: October 1st 1989
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 277
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?