{"product_id":"wont-you-stay-radhika-usha-priyamvada-9789354475757","title":"Won't You Stay, Radhika?","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter her widowed father marries a younger woman, Radhika's world falls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapart. She feels betrayed-the emotional and intellectual bond that she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad forged with him since the early death of her mother breaks with that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esudden marriage. To escape the unbearable situation at home-the growing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erift between her and her father-Radhika moves to Chicago to pursue her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaster's in fine arts. She returns to India two years later, burdened by a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esense of alienation and homesickness, only to realize that while nothing had\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanged in her country, everything had. The family that she had longed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebe reunited with barely acknowledges her arrival. The sense of belonging is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emissing, leaving her in 'an emotional state of in-between-ness, of universal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunbelonging'. As days pass, Radhika is paralysed with ennui, which tinges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall her relationships-romantic or filial. So she lies on her takht, bored, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmobile, uninspired...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary chronicler of the inner lives of the urban Indian woman, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsha Priyamvada is a pioneering figure in modern Hindi literature. Won't\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Stay, Radhika?, first published in 1967, expertly explores the stifling and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enarrow-minded social ideals that continue to trap so many Indian women in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe complex web of individual freedom, and social and familial obligation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy Rockwell's sensitive and skilful translation brings this poignant Hindi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enovel to a new set of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Usha Priyamvada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354475752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354475757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.42d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Usha Priyamvada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44255088771327,"sku":"9789354475757","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_258fae59-1934-4af6-ae88-3abe95285d28.jpg?v=1694616040","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wont-you-stay-radhika-usha-priyamvada-9789354475757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}