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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 1998 |
| Seiten | 336 |
| Format | 13 x 20 x 2,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 234 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 055299670X |
| EAN | 9780552996709 |
| Bestell-Nr | 55299670EA |
An der Grenze zwischen Magie und Realität spielt der erste Roman von Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Ihre Ich-Erzählerin, die weise Tilo, ist nicht nur mit dem Zauber aller Gewürze in ihrem Laden vertraut, sie kann auch den Menschen direkt ins Herz schauen. Doch ihre magischen Kräfte versagen, als sich ihr eigenes Leben zu wandeln beginnt. Eine poetische Verbindung uralter Mythen und der realen Welt.
Kurzbeschreibung:
An exotic, magical novel by a young Indian immigrant to the US.
Klappentext:
Tilo, an immigrant from India, runs an Indian spice shop in Oakland, California. While she dispenses the classic ingredients for curries and kormas, she also helps her customers to gain a more precious commodity: whatever they most desire. For Tilo is a Mistress of Spices, a priestess of the secret, magical powers of spices.
Through those who visit and revisit her shop - Ahuja's wife, caught in an unhappy, abusive marriage; Jagjit, the victim of racist attacks at school; the noisy bougainvillaea girls, rejecting the strict upbringing of their tradition-bound Indian parents; Haroun who drives a taxi and dreams the American dream - we get a glimpse into the life of the local Indian expatriate community. To each Tilo dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: coriander for sight; turmeric to erase wrinkles; cinnamon for finding friends; fenugreek to make a rejected wife desirable again; chillies for the cleansing of evil. But when a lonely American comes into the store, a troubledTilo cannot find the right spice, for he arouses in her a forbidden desire, and following her own desires 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.
Rezension:
"For ARRANGED MARRIAGE, 'As irresistible as the impulse which leads her characters to surface to maturity, raising their heads above the floods of silver ignorance'" New York Times Book Review
