First published 1992
Dimple Dasgupta wants to marry a neurosurgeon, but her father scans matrimonial ads for engineers instead. This obedient daughter of middle-class Indian parents must accept the match her family arranges. Her marriage launches her into an unfamiliar world that first shocks her, then plunges her into despair. Dimple retreats into a waking dream where fantasy blends with reality. As her inner life grows more vivid, her fantasies turn violent. She begins to question where her wishes end and the real world begins. The boundary between imagination and action starts to dissolve.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, adult-fiction, asian-american, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: India
Period: 20th-Century
213 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Fawcett