Shopping for Sabzi

by Nitin Deckha

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Fiction. Asian American. SHOPPING FOR SABZI interweaves themes of ambition and identity in the lives of its brash, young, and successful Indo-Canadian and Indo-American characters. Poignant and humorous, this collection of stories describes the jockeying for social status, successful love, career fulfillment and personal meaning and the anxieties of its characters as they balance the old ways with the new and reflect on the passage of time. In "Piece of Cake," Raj, transplanted from Houston show more to New York, and dating a European photographer, is forced to confront Neha, his ex-girlfriend, an anorexic suffering a major relapse. There are many other compelling stories in the collection. Nitin Deckha's fiction has appeared in fusion lifestyle magazine, Anokhi, at www.sulekha.com and in chapbooks and anthologies. show less

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Janmohamed, Sheniz (City Masala ∙ South Asian Living) (City Masala ∙ South Asian Living)

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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PR9199.4 .D438 .S56Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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