Author: Monika Singh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Shobha Dé, b. 1948, Indo-English novelist.
Feminist Approach in the Novels of Shobha De
Author: Monika Singh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Shobha Dé, b. 1948, Indo-English novelist.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Shobha Dé, b. 1948, Indo-English novelist.
That Long Silence
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her—neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa Dé’s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her—neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa Dé’s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.
Sisters
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
When her parents die in an air crash, Mikki Hiralal discovers that her father’s massive business empire is in serious trouble. And it’s up to her to sort the mess. Beset by creditors, rapacious tycoons and untrustworthy associates, the young woman realizes that there is only one person she can turn to for help—the beautiful Alisha, her father’s illegitimate daughter. There is only one hitch—Alisha hates Mikki . . .
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
When her parents die in an air crash, Mikki Hiralal discovers that her father’s massive business empire is in serious trouble. And it’s up to her to sort the mess. Beset by creditors, rapacious tycoons and untrustworthy associates, the young woman realizes that there is only one person she can turn to for help—the beautiful Alisha, her father’s illegitimate daughter. There is only one hitch—Alisha hates Mikki . . .
The Heart of India
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475423X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Aasha Rani, Bombay’s no. 1 heroine, has everything she wants—fame, money, success. All except for Akshay Arora, the film star she is desperately in love with. This is her story—from her days as a vulnerable small-town girl, pushed by her ambitious mother into sleeping her way to the top, to getting her first break from Kishenbhai, the small-time distributor who never stops loving her, to sealing her career under the patronage of the deadly Bombay don Sheth Amirchand. Glittering, glamorous and full of unforgettable characters, Starry Nights is the ultimate Bollywood novel.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475423X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Aasha Rani, Bombay’s no. 1 heroine, has everything she wants—fame, money, success. All except for Akshay Arora, the film star she is desperately in love with. This is her story—from her days as a vulnerable small-town girl, pushed by her ambitious mother into sleeping her way to the top, to getting her first break from Kishenbhai, the small-time distributor who never stops loving her, to sealing her career under the patronage of the deadly Bombay don Sheth Amirchand. Glittering, glamorous and full of unforgettable characters, Starry Nights is the ultimate Bollywood novel.
Second Thoughts
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184751028
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Maya is pretty, young and eager to escape her middleclass home. Ranjan is handsome, driven, well born and wealthy. Their arranged marriage seems a match made in heaven until Maya discovers that underneath her husband’s charming facade lies a cold-hearted, rigidly conservative monster. As the young woman struggles with her marriage, she meets and finds solace in Nikhil, her charming college-going neighbour. Soon the stage is set for an explosive tale of love and betrayal.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184751028
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Maya is pretty, young and eager to escape her middleclass home. Ranjan is handsome, driven, well born and wealthy. Their arranged marriage seems a match made in heaven until Maya discovers that underneath her husband’s charming facade lies a cold-hearted, rigidly conservative monster. As the young woman struggles with her marriage, she meets and finds solace in Nikhil, her charming college-going neighbour. Soon the stage is set for an explosive tale of love and betrayal.
Snapshots
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface - some happy, others bitter-sweet and a few that are downright poisonous . . . Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another and the mood of the party turns nightmarish . . . Death, infidelity, incest, rape, lies and the evil that lurks beneath the everyday lives of people form the substance of Snapshots, Shobhaa Di s explosive novel.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface - some happy, others bitter-sweet and a few that are downright poisonous . . . Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women begin to turn against one another and the mood of the party turns nightmarish . . . Death, infidelity, incest, rape, lies and the evil that lurks beneath the everyday lives of people form the substance of Snapshots, Shobhaa Di s explosive novel.
Critical Responses To Feminism
Author: Binod Mishra
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176256766
Category : Feminism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176256766
Category : Feminism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Strange Obsession
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An unforgettable novel of sexual obsession and its calamitous consequences.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An unforgettable novel of sexual obsession and its calamitous consequences.
Sultry Days
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184751044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Nisha falls in love with God in the college canteen when she is an impressionable teenager and he a ragged, streetwise student. God’s driving ambition leads him into journalism while Nisha lands a job in advertising. Sycophants, whores, fixers, pretty boys and party girls drift in and out of their lives as their careers take off with dizzying speed and then, as abruptly, everything goes terribly wrong . . .
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184751044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Nisha falls in love with God in the college canteen when she is an impressionable teenager and he a ragged, streetwise student. God’s driving ambition leads him into journalism while Nisha lands a job in advertising. Sycophants, whores, fixers, pretty boys and party girls drift in and out of their lives as their careers take off with dizzying speed and then, as abruptly, everything goes terribly wrong . . .
Surviving Men
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754264
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
What every woman (and most men) should know about Indian men . . . Bestselling novelist and columnist Shobhaa Dé gives us the provocative, no-holds-barred guide to the India man. Among questions she asks and answers are the following: · Are men worth the time women spend on them? · Is it possible to actually love a man? · Are men any good in bed? · Do men have real feelings? · What men are most anxious about?
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754264
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
What every woman (and most men) should know about Indian men . . . Bestselling novelist and columnist Shobhaa Dé gives us the provocative, no-holds-barred guide to the India man. Among questions she asks and answers are the following: · Are men worth the time women spend on them? · Is it possible to actually love a man? · Are men any good in bed? · Do men have real feelings? · What men are most anxious about?