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Shashi Deshpande
Book List in Order: 12 titles
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Roots and Shadows
- Oct-1983
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In Indu's ancestral home, that she escaped from so many years ago, nothing seems to have altered. Yet all is different. Akka, the rich family tyrant, is dead. Her large family, though they do not know it, are all on the threshold of great change. And...
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A Matter of Time
- Mar-1996
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One morning, with no warning, Gopal, respected professor, devoted husband, and caring father, walks out on his family for reasons even he cannot articulate. His wife, Sumi returns with their three daughters to the shelter of the Big House, where her ...
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Binding Vine
- May-1998
- / General Fiction
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“There can be no vaulting over time,” thinks Urmila, the narrator of Shashi Deshpande’s profound and soul-stirring novel. “We have to walk every step of the way, however difficult or painful it is; we can avoid nothing.” After the death of ...
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Small Remedies
- 2000
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Shashi Deshpande's latest novel explores the lives of two women, one obsessed with music and the other a passionate believer in Communism, who break away from their families to seek fulfillment in public life. Savitribai Indorekar, born into an ortho...
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Shadow Play
- May-2024
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Aru and Rohit get married and settle down into the life of a working couple in a big city. Aru, still coming to terms with her mother Sumi's death in a road accident and her father Gopal's desertion of the family prior to that, remains the force that...
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Strangers to Ourselves
- May-2024
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She— an oncologist whose days are driven by the desire to alleviate pain.He— a rising star in the musical world, whose life is governed by his art.Yet, all it takes is one meeting for everything to change.Set in Mumbai, Strangers to Ourse...