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Pakistani Bride

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Bapsi Sidhwa is an extraordinary writer. She seems to capture the essence of culture and tradition within Pakistan.
The characters are well formed and the author follows this journey quite well with a mesh of "why" for the unanswered cultural questions.
This is a part of the world that evokes great ambivalence for me the reader, because I want to criticize the abuse of women and can't seem to understand why they don't run away. Sidhwa anticipates this feeling and tries to resolve it in her novel.

This is one of the best books I have read in years. It is a fascinating story as well as a page turner. I couldn't put it down.

a sad but beautiful tale that starts with the violent a train massacre that were all too common during the partician in india. taking place in pakistan, a girl grows up with an adopted father who marries her off to a man from his pashton village. if you dont know the pashtons they are a very old world kind of people living in the rocky and mountianous areas between afghanistan and pakistan. if you can't handle some domestic violence and alot of gore (gore in the prologue) don't read this book but if you want to learn something about partician, read the book. and while this book does focus on something that could happen in arranged marriages, remember, don't read this and be like "omg those third world countries." *laugh*

This book was well written and I could not put it down, once I started reading it. It's a tragic story of a young girl who uses her wit and determination to escape from her brutal husband and his sadistic family. It makes one question a culture which allows such heinous acts toward women and young girls, and our helplessness against abuse against women all over the world.

I found this book slow to start, but it picked up nicely after. Considering it was the author's first book, it was quite good. I wasn't fond of the ending, but, that is personal preferance. I liked it better as I went along.

I bought this book thinking it was a new novel by Sidhwa, but it was a new title for THE BRIDE, which I already own. It will make a nice gift I guess.