Ten Avatars (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780578049717)

Ten avatars of woman are explored through the telling of little incidents and big turning points in the lives of female protagonists: a little child amidst parental dissonance, a girl at puberty becoming vulnerable to predators, a cynical teenager struggling with her national identity, a young graduate student returning to travel in her native land, an arrange-married wife striving for independence after emigrating, a single woman seeing the reflection of herself in a white man, a first-time mother struggling with motherhood away from home, a divorced woman reinventing herself in foreign land, an early-forties woman embracing the truth of her sexuality, and a woman in her twilight years reflecting back. This collection of stories weaves together intimate cross-cultural experiences, with variegated vignettes unique to the Indian- American expatriate experience in contemporary times, yet reveals the universal essence of being female.

Author: Shahana Dattagupta
ISBN-10: 0578049716
ISBN-13: 9780578049717
Publisher: Flying Chickadee
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2010
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d