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The archer

Swamy, Shruti 1985- (author.).

Summary: "A young woman comes of age in 1960s- and 1970s-era Bombay, a vanished world that is complex and indelibly rendered. Vidya's childhood is marked by the shattering absence and then the bewildering reappearance of her mother and baby brother at the family home. Restless, observant, and longing for connection with her brilliant and increasingly troubled mother, Vidya navigates the stifling expectations of her life with a vivid imagination until one day she peeks into a classroom where girls are learning kathak, a dazzling, centuries-old dance form that requires the utmost discipline and focus. Her pursuit of artistic transcendence through kathak soon becomes the organizing principle of her life, even as she leaves home for college and falls in complicated love with her best friend. As the uncertain future looms, she must ultimately confront the tensions between romantic love, her art, and the legacy of her own imperfect mother.

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  • ISBN: 1616209909
  • ISBN: 9781616209902
  • Physical Description: 293 pages ; 22 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
Subject: Women Fiction
Daughters Fiction
Kathak dancers Fiction
Kathak (Dance) Fiction
Mumbai (India) Fiction
India Social life and customs 20th century Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Altoona Area Public Library F SWA (Text) 33240004925833 Adult Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Swamy (Text) 39427103611968 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults SWA Fiction (Text) 34318001192232 Adult Area Available -
RPL - Northeast Branch Fiction Swamy (Text) 33223008824442 Fiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Swamy (Text) 33223008713884 Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC SWA (Text) 32596000491356 Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library SWAMY (Text) 31901004547784 Adult Fiction Available -

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