My actual rating: 3.25. A tale within a tale format is an interesting way to tell this tale! As nine people are trapped after an earthquake, they pass time and keep calm by each telling a story about "one amazing thing" from their lives. This gives us insight into each character and the circumst...
Sinceramente, non so quanto mi sia piaciuto questo libro, ma alla fine mi sono decisa per tre stelline perché comunque coinvolge a tal punto da voler seguire le protagoniste fino alla fine. Ha anche altri lati positivi di cui parlerò in seguito perché preferisco elencare prima ciò che non mi è pi...
Selalu ada nuansa magis dalam cerita-cerita Chitra, 'spesialis' tema imigran India di Amerika. Seolah melalui tulisannya, dia ingin memperlihatkan bahwa di tengah kemodernan Amerika yang serba individual dan terburu-buru, ada sebuah oase berupa kenangan tentang India. India yang bijak dan dewasa ...
Judul: Arranged Marriage (Perjodohan)Seri: Brotherhood of The Conch #2Penulis: Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniPenerjemah: Gita Yuliani K.Penerbit: Gramedia Pustaka UtamaTerbit: Januari 2014Tebal: 376 halamanISBN: 978-602-03-0135-8Kategori: Novel FiksiGenre: Sastra India, Sosial Budaya, Kumpulan Cerita...
Selama masih hidup di dunia fana ini, kita tidak akan luput dari kesalahan. Dari kesalahan yang dilakukan, terbagi menjadi kesalahan yang disadari maupun kesalahan yang tidak disadari. Orang bijak adalah orang yang belajar dari kesalahan.Pernahkah anda memasuki suatu lingkungan baru yang sama sek...
I picked the book up on a secondhand book sale and was intrigued by the spices which, in retrospect, should have been the protagonists in the tale! But I always enjoyed the magic flavors of the huge Asian spice markets in South Africa, where it is exhibited in heaps and weighed on ancient scales...
This review ran in the San Jose Mercury News in 2002:Do you know the sensation of getting near the end of a book and feeling the thickness of the pages left? As the remaining pages of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's new novel grew fewer I began to worry: Would there be room enough for what I wanted ...