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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-57131-049-1
Pages: 336
Publish Date: Dec, 2006
Genre: Fiction
An American Brat
BY Bapsi Sidhwa
Growing up in Pakistan in the 1970’s, Feroza Ginwalla is precocious, impetuous, and increasingly affected by the rising tide of religious fundamentalism there. When her family decides to send her to America for a change of scenery and influence, a chain of amusing events and encounters ensues. She enrolls at a conservative Mormon college in Idaho, falls in love with a young man who is clearly not Parsee, and experiences her new country as only an immigrant can, even while her family worries that she is straying too far. A hilarious, touching and illuminating novel about a young woman caught between Pakistan and America.
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The Crow Eaters
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“Sidhwa’s writing is brisk and funny, her characters painted so vividly you can almost hear them bickering.”
—New York Times Book Review“The reader’s reaction to it shares the symptoms of eating jalapeno peppers: wincing from the power of the substance and wiping tears. . . . Sidhwa’s plot is compelling. Her style is inimitable.”
—St. Paul Pioneer Press“An American Brat is an exceptional novel . . . funny and memorable.”
