The Space Between Us

By: Thrity Umrigar

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Paperback | 6 February 2007

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336 Pages

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20.32 x 13.34 x 2.54

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Thrity Umrigar, who “displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks,” (Washington Post Book World) brings her talent to the social struggles of modern day Bombay in THE SPACE BETWEEN US.

“This is a story intimately and compassionately told against the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.”— Washington Post Book World

“Bracingly honest.”— New York Times Book Review

The author of Bombay Time, If Today Be Sweet, and The Weight of Heaven, Thrity Umrigar is as adept and compelling in The Space Between Us—vividly capturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal of two women discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against the confines of a rigid caste system, Umrigar’s captivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible—a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction.

Industry Reviews

"With humanity and suspense, novelist Thrity Umrigar tackles love, loyalty, injustice - and survival."--Marie Claire "[The Space Between Us] is provocative and disturbing."--Boston Globe "[Umrigar] displays an impressive talent for conceiving multidimensional, sympathetic characters with life-like emotional quandaries and psychological stumbling blocks."--Washington Post Book World, Praise for Bombay Time "Poignant."--Entertainment Weekly "Intimately and compassionately told.... Sensuous.... Umrigar's memorable characters will live on for a long time."--Frances Itani, Washington Post Book World "[A] powerful novel."--National Post (Canada) "Umrigar is a highly skilled storyteller...the novel's plot and depth of characterisation provide irresistible momentum."--Time Out New York "Heartbreaking.... A subtle, elegant analysis of class and power... that quietly roars against tyranny."--Kirkus Reviews "Umrigar is a perceptive and often piercing writer."--New York Times Book Review "Sadness suffuses this eloquent tale, whose heart-stopping plot twists reveal the ferocity of fate."--Booklist (starred review)

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