Tag: The Weight of Heaven
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interesting and blessed day…
interesting day… i interviewed novelist, Thrity Umrigar, on her latest work, The Weight of Heaven. such a nice person. then i wrote several blogs about her. south asian writers have so influenced me–Jhumpa Lahiri, Lavanya Sankaran, Manil Suri, and of course, Thrity Umrigar.. i wish more black and african americans read their work. we could…
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Radio Show | Thrity Umrigar and the Timeless Themes of Her Stories
Journalist, author, literary critic and writing teacher Thrity Umrigar discusses he timelessness and simplicity of her stories along with her newest release, The Weight of Heaven. So tune in. http://www.umrigar.com/space_between.html The Space Between Us If Today Be Sweet Bombay Time First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
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Thrity Umrigar and the Timeless Tapestries of Her Stories
I discovered Thrity Umrigar last year when I read “The Space Between Us“. It’s a wonderful novel about what the title states, the space between us, us being a well-educated Parsi mother and widow Sera Dubash, and her poor, illiterate housekeeper, Bhima.