Sastra [Paperback]

Lakshmi Persaud (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0948833718 | ISBN-13: 978-0948833717

Set in Trinidad and Canada in the 1950s, this moving and tender love story evokes a memorable portrayal of a brave young woman’s struggle between the traditional, collective Hindu society of her parents and her generation's world of individual destiny and responsibility. The village pundit warns Sastra's mother that her daughter's birth signs foretell two possible karmas: one of prosperous security if she keeps to the well-tried path of obedience to tradition, the other of mixed joy and misery if she should attempt to “fly” and follow her own desires. As Sastra finds herself faced with choosing between these two destinies, the novel explores the interaction between accidents and human responsibility, convention and change, and the problematic workings of fate.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the novel's most striking qualities is the assurance with which it registers inner turbulence."  —Mervyn Morris, poet and professor emeritus, University of West Indies

About the Author

Lakshmi Persaud is the author of Butterfly in the Wind, For the Love of My Name, and Raise the Lanterns High.

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd. (December 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0948833718
• ISBN-13: 978-0948833717
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,890,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful, moving and inspiring novel, June 4, 1999

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This review is from: Sastra (Paperback)

It is a mature piece of fiction which is certain to withstand the passage of time or the limitation of setting.