Publisher |
Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Publication Year |
2000 |
ISBN-13 |
9780140233360 |
ISBN-10 |
9780140233360 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
208 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Dimensions (Cms) |
20 X 14 X 1 |
Weight (grms) |
140 |
The new novel from the bestselling author of That Long Silence The narrator in The Binding Vine is the clever, sharp-tongued Urmi, grieving over the death of her baby daughter and surrounded by, but rebuffing, the care of her mother and her childhood friend, Vanaa. Instead, she becomes caught up in the discovery of her long-dead mother-in-law's poetry, written when she was a young woman subjected to rape in her marriage; and in Kalpana, a young woman hanging between life and death in a hospital ward, also the victim of rape. Yet, in this web of loss and despair are the glimmerings of hope. Shashi Deshpande explores with acuity and compassion the redemptive powers of love.
Shashi Deshpande
Shashi Deshpande is the author of eleven novels, a number of short story collections, four books for children and a book of essays. Her best-known novel, That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990, is considered a landmark in Indian writing in English. Among her recent novels are Small Remedies, Moving On, In the Country of Deceit and Ships that Pass. She has also done translations from both Kannada and Marathi into English. Shashi Deshpande currently lives in Bangalore.
Shashi Deshpande
Penguin Random House India Private Limited