What the Body Remembers
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385600439 (0385600437)
Publish date: September 2nd 1999
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 475
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Culture,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
International,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
I read this book with my bookclub ; it was chosen because three of the members are Canadian-born Sikh and wanted to learn more about their history. I've read many books set in India over the years but this is the first book I've read by a Sikh author. Like many other books that discuss Indian cultur...
I just could not get into this book. We had to read it as a class project in grade 12. Somehow managed to still pass without reading the whole book. At one point I want to try and read it all the way through.
Une auteur à découvrir. Elle est née à Montréal mais a grandi aux Indes. Son roman “la mémoire du corps” a reçu en 2000 le prix Commonwealth Writers pour le meilleur roman pour la région Canada/Antilles.L’Inde au moment de la partition est racontée à travers la vie de deux femmes Satya et Roop. Tout...