{"product_id":"water-hardcover","title":"Water {HARDCOVER} (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA deeply moving story, elegantly told, with all the assurance of a master M.G. Vassanji\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet in 1938 India against the backdrop of Mahatma Gandhis rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, a child-bride who is abandoned at a widows ashram in Benares after her fifty-year-old husband dies. There, she is expected to spend the rest of her life in penitence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnwilling to accept her fate, Chuyia becomes a catalyst for change in the lives of the widows. When her friend, the beautiful widowprostitute Kalyani, falls in love with Narayan, a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the delicate balance of power within the ashram. Sidhwas sensitive storytelling makes this a novel rich with immortal characters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWater offers a riveting examination of the lives of widows in colonial India, but ultimately it is a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith and redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this brilliant work Bapsi Sidhwa adds richness and depth to the beautiful film Water. With her characteristic grace, Sidhwa historicizes the images, lends greater poignancy to faces and provides speech where the film must leave the women speechless. Sara Suleri Usedyear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePRAISE FOR DEEPA MEHTAS WATER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA magnificent film! Salman Rushdie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWater is a triumph Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44274637766913,"sku":"2R8QRSYKH-Used","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/WaterANovel.jpg?v=1658911384","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/water-hardcover","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}