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Mistress Of Spices

Chitra Divakaruni

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      SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TANTilo, an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas, she also dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: for Tilo is a Mistress of Spices, a priestess of the secret magical powers of spices.To those who visit her shop, Tilo prescribes coriander for the restoration of sight, chilli for the cleansing of evil, fenugreek for the pain of rejection. But when a lonely American ventures into the store, a troubled Tilo cannot find the correct spice, for he arouses in her a forbidden desire - which if she follows will destroy her magical powers.Compelling and lyrical, full of heady scents and with more than a touch of humour, this novel explores the clash between East and West even as it unveils the universal mysteries of the human heart.'I felt excited and empowered by the way she used words' NAOMI ALDERMAN, author of THE POWER'Unusual, clever, and often exquisite' LA Times
      CONTRIBUTORS: Chitra Divakaruni EAN: 9780552996709 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 230 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Transworld Publishers Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-02-05 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Asian American, FICTION / Magical Realism WIDTH: 127 cm SPINE:

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      Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Magical realism, Modern and Contemporary romance, Narrative theme: Love and relationships

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      Born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage, her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart.

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      SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TANTilo, an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas, she also dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: for Tilo is a Mistress of Spices, a priestess of the secret magical powers of spices.To those who visit her shop, Tilo prescribes coriander for the restoration of sight, chilli for the cleansing of evil, fenugreek for the pain of rejection. But when a lonely American ventures into the store, a troubled Tilo cannot find the correct spice, for he arouses in her a forbidden desire - which if she follows will destroy her magical powers.Compelling and lyrical, full of heady scents and with more than a touch of humour, this novel explores the clash between East and West even as it unveils the universal mysteries of the human heart.'I felt excited and empowered by the way she used words' NAOMI ALDERMAN, author of THE POWER'Unusual, clever, and often exquisite' LA Times
      CONTRIBUTORS: Chitra Divakaruni EAN: 9780552996709 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 230 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Transworld Publishers Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-02-05 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Asian American, FICTION / Magical Realism WIDTH: 127 cm SPINE:

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      Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Magical realism, Modern and Contemporary romance, Narrative theme: Love and relationships

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      Born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage, her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart.

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