Лучшие книги Читры Дивакаруни

Эта волшебная, завораживающая и чувственная книга - история молодой женщины по имени Тило, хранительницы магии специй. Ей, рожденной в далекой стране, в далекие времена, судьбой предназначено обрести особую силу. Став бессмертной после обряда, посвященного огню, она приезжает в современную Америку и начинает помогать людям с помощью специй. Но любовь, неожиданно ворвавшаяся в ее жизнь, заставляет Тило выбирать между жизнью в мире сверхъестественных сил и жизнью обычных людей. "Принцесса специй" похожа на чудесную сказку, которая очаровывает и гипнотизирует, в ней удивительным образом соединяются грусть и радость. Но главное, чему посвящена…

Анджу выросла в Калькутте в семье, принадлежащей к высшей касте. Ее двоюродная сестра Судха - дочь "паршивой овцы" семейства. Судха красива, отзывчива и серьезна, в то время как Анджу не отличается красотой, но зато умна и своенравна. С самого рождения между сестрами образовалась особенная связь, которая удивляла даже их матерей. Однако эта связь исчезла после того, как Судха узнала страшную семейную тайну... Но со временем, несмотря на драмы, произошедшие в жизни сестер, новые семьи и расстояния, разделяющие их, Анджу и Судха понимают, что по-прежнему нуждаются друг в друге. Эта книга - трогательная история о любви, дружбе и силе духа.

Эта книга перенесет вас в волшебный мир эпической "Махабхараты", пересказанной на современный лад. Вы узнаете историю жизни принцессы Панчаали, жены пяти легендарных братьев Пандавов. Принцесса втянута в борьбу за власть между пятью ее супругами. А непростые отношения принцессы со свекровью, странная дружба с загадочным Кришной и ее тайное влечение к мужчине, оказавшемуся врагом ее мужей, делают ее жизнь волнующей и непредсказуемой. Панчаали - яркая и сильная женщина, по-новому рассказывающая нам об индийских воинах, богах и о судьбе. На наших глазах она превращается из робкой девочки в гордую царицу и любящую жену и мать, которая изменит…

The possibility of change, of starting anew, in this stunning beautiful and poignant collection of short stories, is at once terrifying and filled with promise.For those Indian-born women living new lives in America, independence is a mixed blessing.It means walking the tightrope between old treasured beliefs and surprising newfound desires, and understanding the emotions which that conflict brings.Together these stories create a tapestry of existence as colourful, as delicate and as enduring as the finest silk sari.

Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper, she is also the Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop,she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.

Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. A punky teenager with an unexpected gift. An upper-class Caucasian couple whose relationship is disintegrating. A young Muslim-American man struggling with the fallout of 9/11. A graduate student haunted by a question about love. An African-American ex-soldier searching for redemption. A Chinese grandmother with a secret past. And two visa office workers on the verge of an adulterous affair.

When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. There's little food. The office begins to flood. Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the young graduate student suggests that each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself. From Chitra Divakaruni, author of such finely wrought, bestselling novels as Sister of My Heart, The Palace of Illusions, and The Mistress of Spices, comes her most compelling and transporting story to date. One Amazing Thing is a passionate creation about survival--and about the reasons to survive.

India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.

Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor, though society frowns on it.

Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status.

Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals.

Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home.

As Priya determinedly pursues her career goal, Deepa falls deeply in love with a Muslim, causing her to break with her family. And Jamini attempts to hold her family together, even as she secretly longs for her sister's fiancé.

When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic--and dangerous--change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on different paths. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but each other

The Ramayana, one of the world's greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sita's version. The Forest of Enchantments is also a very human story of some of the other women in the epic, often misunderstood and relegated to the margins: Kaikeyi, Surpanakha, Mandodari. A powerful comment on duty, betrayal, infidelity and honour, it is also about women's struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men, as Chitra transforms an ancient story into a gripping, contemporary battle of wills. While the Ramayana resonates even today, she makes it more relevant than ever, in the underlying questions in the novel: How should women be treated by their loved ones? What are their rights in a relationship? When does a woman need to stand up and say, 'Enough!'

Set in contemporary India as well as that of several hundred years in the past, The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming continues the adventures of Anand and his efforts to become a fully fledged member of The Brotherhood of the Conch. This time Anand's

Book DescriptionIn her most spellbinding novel yet, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni spins a fresh, enchanting story of transformation that is as lyrical as it is dramatic. Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley,

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A story of mysticism and romance set in present-day California. Tilo owns a shop in Oakland, California, where she sells herbs and spices. But Tilo isn't just a shopkeeper, she is alsoThe Mistress of Spices. With her knowledge of their secret powers this high priestess of wisdom and magic helps customers find answers to the questions of love, loss and loneliness. But when Tilo herself falls in love with a visitor to her shop, she has to choose between personal happiness and keeping her mystical gift.