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.
Bapsi Sidhwa
Author's Bio:Born
in Karachi and raised in Lahore, Bapsi Sidhwa has been lauded
as Pakistan’s finest novelist. Sidhwa is the author
of four novels: The Bride, Crow Eaters, An American Brat, and Cracking
India which was made into the
award-winning film Earth by Indian director Deepa Mehta in 1999. Sidhwa
was the recipient the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest honor in the
arts in 1991, and was inducted into the Zoroastrian Hall of Fame in
2000. She has been awarded the National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship, the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writer’s Award, and the
Bunting Fellowship from Radcliffe, amongst other honors. She
now resides with her husband in Houston, Texas.
Awards:New York Public Library “Books for the Teen Age”
Quotes:“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.”–Los Angeles Times
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Binding: Paper
Availability In Stock: 216
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2006
Size: 5 1/2 X 8 1/2
Edition: 2nd
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781571310491
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