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The Sari Shop
The Sari Shop
Rupa Bajwa (born 1976)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Sari Shop
W. W. Norton & Company · United States · 20 June 2005 · 240 pages
The Sari Shop
Viking · United Kingdom · 2004 · Hardcover · 240 pages
The Sari Shop
W. W. Norton & Company · United States · 2004 · Hardcover · 240 pages
The Sari Shop
Penguin Books · United Kingdom · 26 May 2005 · 256 pages
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Ramchand lost his parents as a child, and an uncle took what they left him. He works at Sevak Sari House, where Amritsar's well-off women shop and chat freely in front of a salesman they never really see, and at night returns to a cramped room in the old town. A delivery to the Kapoors, among the richest families in the city, opens a world he barely understands, and he sets out to remake himself, from fresh socks to English lessons out of used books. A second errand shows him a co-worker's brutal home and the man's wife, Kamla.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- India
- First published
- 2004
- Author's age
- 28 when first published
- ISBN
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9780670914722 (Viking, United Kingdom)
9780393059229 (W. W. Norton & Company, United States)
9780141015613 (Penguin Books, United Kingdom)
9780393326901 (W. W. Norton & Company, United States)