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Homespun (Hardcover)

by Nilita Vachani (Author)
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Told largely in retrospect, this ambitious debut by Indian émigré filmmaker Vachani is narrated by Sweta, who presides over her family history with equal parts passion and uncertainty. Born in 1958, Sweta lives with her grandparents, while her father, Ranjit Ronu Kalra, serves as an Indian air force pilot. The book takes its title from the khadi cloth favored by Gandhi, and it becomes a symbol of the unhappy divide between Sweta's grandfather, a fighter for Indian independence, and her grandmother, a fashion plate. The fight for independence, WWII, border battles with Pakistan, and Vietnam permeate the novel, separating families and dividing the populace along religious and ethnic lines. Sweta darts in and out of the story as, most of the time, an inscrutable, sullen and overweight teenager. Around her swirl the stories of her grandparents' ugly marriage, of her father's childhood as a film star and of his first love. Most moving is the figure of Nanaji, Sweta's grandfather, a tender man committed to principles and making the best of the hand he's dealt. The book opens with his death and frontloads the many characters, but Nanaji and Sweta's poignant relationship pulls the reader through manifold tragedy and serendipity. (May)
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“An elegant, serpentine story of modern India, HomeSpun is mesmerizing and original. Nilita Vachani has such a sure grasp of this world and her characters. Her words weave a delicate, powerful tapestry that possesses you long after the story is over. Superb tale-spinning–a beam of light in contemporary Indian fiction.”
–Mira Nair, director of The Namesake

“Intricately plotted, beautifully written, HomeSpun is the story of an Indian family, and of modern India itself. Cinematic in scope and imagery, and with a dark secret at its core that keeps you racing through the pages, it is the brilliant debut of a multiply gifted writer.”–Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City

HomeSpun is a warm, sweeping novel full of history, laughter and tears, and generations of characters that dance off the page. Nilita Vachani is a storyteller of the first order.”–Joe Sacco, author of Safe Area Goražde and Palestine

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