by Kavita Daswani · Lumen Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426413840
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«Con fines matrimoniales» is the novel by Kavita Daswani, published by Lumen Editorial in paperback, with 320 pages in Spanish.
An Indian woman living in New York balances her modern life with psychoanalysis, but when considering marriage she decides to return to Bombay and cling to her country's traditions. Surrounded by relatives and matchmakers, she resorts to personal ads and fortune-tellers in search of a husband. The clash between two cultures is resolved with humor.
Published in 2003, it is part of Lumen's Vivencias collection. The action takes place between New York and Bombay.
A read for fans of contemporary fiction and stories about the contrast between tradition and modernity.
Kavita Daswani is an Indian-American author. Her novels, such as Salaam, Paris, deal with the Indian practice of arranged marriages, and features heroines that refuse to go along with tradition.
