by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806144302
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«Matrimonio combinato» is the collection of eleven stories by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published by Einaudi in paperback (294 pages, in Italian).
Eleven stories about Indian women who emigrated to the United States, caught between the patriarchal traditions of their homeland and the freedom of their new life. The title alludes to arranged marriage: some break away from cruel husbands, others simply wear Western clothes, but all negotiate their identity between Calcutta and San Francisco.
Italian translation by Federica Oddera of «Arranged Marriage» (1995), in Einaudi's «I coralli» collection (no. 149). Winner of the American Book Award and the Northern California Book Award.
For reading groups and readers of contemporary fiction, interested in the Indian diaspora and female identity between two cultures.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels, as well as a short story were adapted into films.
