What the body remembers : a novel /
In 1947 Punjab, a Sikh landowner with a barren wife takes a second one so he can have children. The wives maneuver for influence, their effort complicated by the political situation--the man is distracted by India's independence and partition--but eventually the wife with the children wins out....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Anchor Books,
2001
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| Edition: | 1st Anchor Books ed. |
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| Summary: | In 1947 Punjab, a Sikh landowner with a barren wife takes a second one so he can have children. The wives maneuver for influence, their effort complicated by the political situation--the man is distracted by India's independence and partition--but eventually the wife with the children wins out. A first novel. |
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| Physical Description: | 471 pages : map ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0385496052 |