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An American Brat
Bapsi Sidhwa
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Milkweed Editions
, 2012-11-01
主題
Fiction / Coming of Age
Fiction / World Literature / Pakistan
Fiction / Humorous / General
Fiction / Literary
ISBN
1571318291
9781571318299
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NzY9BAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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A sheltered Pakistani girl is sent to America by her parents, with unexpected results: “Entertaining, often hilarious . . . Not just another immigrant’s tale.” —
Publishers Weekly
Feroza Ginwalla, a pampered, protected sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl, is sent to America by her parents, who are alarmed by the fundamentalism overtaking Pakistan—and influencing their daughter. Hoping that a few months with her uncle, an MIT grad student, will soften the girl’s rigid thinking, they get more than they bargained for: Feroza, enthralled by American culture and her new freedom, insists on staying.
A bargain is struck, allowing Feroza to attend college with the understanding that she will return home and marry well. As a student in a small western town, Feroza finds her perceptions of America, her homeland, and herself beginning to alter. When she falls in love with a Jewish American, her family is aghast. Feroza realizes just how far she has come—and wonders how much further she can go—in a delightful, remarkably funny coming-of-age novel that offers an acute portrayal of America as seen through the eyes of a perceptive young immigrant.
“Humorous and affecting.” —
Library Journal
“Exceptional.” —
Los Angeles Times
“Her characters [are] painted so vividly you can almost hear them bickering.” —
The New York Times