Description:
Fire Girl - Essays on India, America and the In-Between
Author: Sayantani Dasgupta
ISBN-13: 9780692721254
ISBN-10: 0692721258
Publication Date: 6/16/2016
Publisher: Two Sylvias Press
Paperback
5 x 8 inches, 245 pages
In Fire Girl, her debut collection of essays, Sayantani Dasgupta examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and mythology of South Asia and her current home in the American West.
These are exquisite essays, filled with savory language spiced just right. Sayantani Dasguptas generous intelligence and lively curiosity bring alive whole worldsthose of ancient stories and those of daily living, artfully considered. Cultures, languages, religions, landscapes, legaciesthis is a writer who contains multitudes. Peggy Shumaker, Author of Just Breathe Normally
Sayantani Dasgupta writes with such keen intelligence and vivid clarity that we cant help be taken in. Lyrical, compassionate, and compelling, these beautiful essays transport us to another world. In…
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