The Mistress of Spices - Hardcover

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038548237X ISBN 13: 9780385482370

Verlag: Anchor Books, 1997

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Book by Divakaruni Chitra

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Tilo, an Indian clairvoyant, becomes queen of the pirates who kidnapped her for her powers, and she gains immortality and the skills of a mistress of spices, which she uses to help mortals before falling in love with Raven. 40,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

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l by the author of the short story collection, Arranged Marriage, The Mistress of Spices is a mystical tale told by Tilo, a young Indian woman in an old woman's body who has been trained in the secret powers of spices. Her special knowledge leads her to Oakland, California where she uses it to help the local Indian community by opening a spice shop from which she administers spices as curatives. Tilo can see into people's hearts and minds but it is a mistress's duty to keep herself at a distance, "not too far nor too near, in calm kindness poised." However, Tilo is unable to obey her charge, and she becomes emotionally involved with her customers as they struggle with the demands of their families, the clash of the old way versus the American way, racism, abusive husbands-all of the complexities of living in the modern world.

It is also her duty to limit her involvement to the Indian community. But Tilo finds herself mysteriously drawn to an American m

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• Verlag: Anchor Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 038548237X
• ISBN 13: 9780385482370
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 338