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The Red Carpet: Bangalore Stories by Lavanya Sankaran [in AsianWeek]

Red CarpetHere the connecting thread is that of place: a changing, bustling Bangalore at the core of fabulous stories about a man who falls in love too late with the wrong woman, an old man who looks on helplessly as a young neighbor woman’s life falls apart before his eyes, a young mother who recalls the abuses of her childhood nanny who has just died, and a young woman too-long debilitated by her father’s suicide.

Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, August 4, 2005

Readers: Adult

Published: 2005

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