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008			080310s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
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040			_aDLC _cDLC
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082	0	0	_aFIC SUR
100	1		_aSuri, Manil
245	1	4	_aThe age of Shiva : _ba novel _c/ Manil Suri.
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: W.W. Norton _c, 2008.
300			_a455 p.
520	3		_a"Meera is seventeen years old when she catches her first glimpse of Dev, performing a song so infused with passion that it arouses in her the first flush of erotic longing. She wonders if she can steal him away from Roopa, her older; more beautiful sister, who has brought her along to see him." "When Meera's reverie comes true, it does not lead to the fairy-tale marriage she imagined. She escapes her overbearing father only to find herself thrust into the male-dominated landscape of India after independence. Dev's family is orthodox and domineering, his physical demands oppressive. His brother Arya lusts after her with the same intensity that fuels his rightwing politics. Although Meera develops an unexpected affinity with her sister-in-law Sandhya, the tenderness they share is as heartbreaking as it is fleeting." "It is only when her son is born that Meera begins to imagine a life of fulfillment. She engulfs him with a love so deep, so overpowering, that she must fear its consequences."--BOOK JACKET.
650		0	_aLove, maternal _x-Fiction
650			_aMothers and sons _v--Drama
651		4	_aIndia _v--Fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c266576 _d266576