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A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness : Stories

Name: A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness : Stories
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9780525658948

Jai Chakrabarti

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“Beautiful, thought-provoking [stories] about the costs of wanting children” (Kirkus Reviews), from the National Jewish Book Award-winning author of A Play for the End of the World (“an impressive debut” —Meg Wolitzer)” "Whether in Brooklyn, Kolkata, upstate New York or elsewhere, these characters captured my heart and endure in my memory like loved ones.” —Mia Alvar, author of In the Country In the fourteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and race. In the title story, a closeted gay man in 1980s Kolkata seeks to have a child with his lover’s wife. An Indian widow, engaged to a Jewish man, struggles to balance her cultural identity with the rituals and traditions of her newfound family. An American musician travels to see his guru for...

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Year:

2023

Publisher:

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

2022012710

ISBN 13:

9780525658948