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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The story was well written overall but many things were left ambiguous, which I assumed was intentional. Weaving through the multiple narratives was well done but certain stories introduced into the plot seemed pointless to the overall story as they never really linked into the main events or led to conclusions by the narrator that her own tale never proved. The shifts in historical re-creation (letters, oral, memory, ghosts, stream of consciousness) while drawing attention to the incompleteness of historical narratives was also jarring because at times it demanded too much suspension of disbelief. (  ) indiaphile | Feb 18, 2009 |  The tree bride is an interesting concept but is not fully explored. The bombings seem incongruous. I was very confused about many Indian things. I got lost in the different time periods. Ok. For the cultural interest. ( ) drpeff | Jul 16, 2007 | The Tree Bride by Bharati Mukherjee. Ancestors and family history come alive in this follow-up to Desirable Daughters. The history of families can be as complicated as the history of nations. This book is a nice mix of both, which is the point, isn't it? (  ) Griff | Mar 31, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0786888660, Paperback)ational Book Critics Circle Award-winner Bharati Mukherjee has long been known not only for her elegant, evocative prose but also for her characters- influenced by ancient customs and traditions but also very much rooted in modern times. In The Tree Bride, the narrator, Tara Chatterjee (whom readers will remember from Desirable Daughters), picks up the story of an East Bengali ancestor. According to legend, at the age of five Tara Lata married a tree and eventually emerged as a nationalist freedom fighter. In piecing together her ancestor's transformation from a docile Bengali Brahmin girl-child into an impassioned organizer of resistance against the British Raj, the contemporary narrator discovers and lays claim to unacknowledged elements in her 'American' identity. Although the story of the Tree Bride is central, the drama surrounding the narrator, a divorced woman trying to get back with her husband, moves the novel back and forth through time and across continents.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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