Publication

2001 - Picador USA, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,500 words, Guess

Page Count

274 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivebombaytime00umri
  • ISBN-100312277164
  • ISBN-139780312277161
  • Goodreads1195401
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001021933
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3621.M75 B66 2001

Description

"Thrity Umrigar introduces us to the Parsi men and women who have grown up together in the aging community of Wadia Baug. She traces young Adi Patel's disintegration into alcoholism; indicts Dosamai, the old neighborhood gossip; exposes the shattering romantic betrayal Soli Contractor suffered many years ago; depicts the rise of Jimmy Kanga, the local success story; and examines the history of the reclusive widow Tehmi Engineer. Above all, Umrigar gives us a nuanced portrait of Rusi Bilimoria, a middle-aged businessman who is struggling to come to terms with a bad marriage and the realization that many of his dreams remain unfulfilled. Long ago stripped of the ideals he held as an inexperienced young man, Rusi tries hard to make sense of his life and hold together a community that is fraying around him."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • Fiction

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